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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas pick in Chapter 5, that the marshal tells him are poisonous?
(a) Fiddleheads.
(b) Bracken ferns.
(c) Lady ferns.
(d) Ostrich ferns.

2. How many volumes are in the series of books Silas loves called A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

3. In Chapter 5, what does Silas cook for dinner?
(a) Fiddleheads.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Rabbit.

4. In Chapter 8, how long does it take the sheriff to hunt and kill rabbits?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) About an hour.
(d) 30 minutes.

5. In Chapter 6, how long has Archibald Burns been dead?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 4 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eben say the men he calls the Plug Uglies are from?

2. From where is Silas's pa bleeding when SIlas goes into the cave and sees him?

3. Who hits Rufe Jones on the head when he is being trampled by Pony?

4. In Chapter 6, how many men does Mittenwool say are in the cave?

5. How many feet of embankment is there between the cliff wall and the creek?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Rufe Jones attacks Silas?

2. What does Eben say that Ollerenshaw wants Martin for in addition to help counterfeiting?

3. What proposition does Ollerenshaw have for the sheriff?

4. What plan do the lawmen contrive?

5. How does Martin meet Elsa, his wife and Silas's mother?

6. What does Sheriff Chalfont tell Eben about answering his questions truthfull?

7. Who arrives and speaks to Silas after the lawmen begin their approach to the cave, and what does she want?

8. What do Silas, the sheriff, and the deputy find when they return to where Silas left Marshal Farmer?

9. Who does Marshal Farmer send Silas to get in Rosasharon, and why is Silas not able to speak to the man?

10. How do Elsa's family react when she marries Martin?

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