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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had happened to Salamandy?
(a) She had slit her wrists.
(b) She had hung herself with a bedsheet.
(c) She had killed her baby, and then herself.
(d) She had run away.

2. Who showed up with the Finders?
(a) Makepeace Smith.
(b) Dr. Physicker.
(c) Pieter Vanderwoort.
(d) Pauley Wiseman.

3. Who got out of Dr. Physicker's carriage first?
(a) Dr. Physicker.
(b) Po Doggly.
(c) None of these.
(d) Pauley Wiseman, the Sheriff.

4. Why was Peggy upset?
(a) She couldn't help Alvin, going through the worst pain of his life.
(b) She didn't get to see Alvin's Making as it happened.
(c) All of these.
(d) She couldn't save Alvin from the pain he had endured.

5. What did Gertie Smith give Alvin to munch on?
(a) Bread.
(b) A bagel.
(c) Buns.
(d) A muffin.

6. What doesn't Old Peg want Alvin to pick up from town?
(a) A pound of pepper.
(b) Two cones of sugar.
(c) A dozen sheets of paper.
(d) A half pound of salt.

7. How many points did Alvin's hexes have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

8. What is Measure's wifes' name?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Daline.
(d) Denise.

9. Who did Alvin end up telling about the plow?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Cally.
(c) Wastenot and Wantnot.
(d) Measure.

10. Why didn't Mock Berry want to stay in the sleigh when he saw Arthur Stuart?
(a) He didn't want the tongues wagging in town.
(b) He didn't think it was proper for Arthur Stuart to be near him.
(c) He didn't want to squish Arthur Stuart.
(d) He didn't want to sit next to a half black boy.

11. Why does Peggy want to go to Philadelphia?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) The best universities are there.
(c) A higher class of people are there.
(d) Both of these.

12. Who lost their job in Hatrack?
(a) Mock Berry.
(b) Po Doggly.
(c) Makepeace Smith.
(d) Pauley Wiseman.

13. What kind of birds' nests were in the Hatrack bridge eaves?
(a) Swallow.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Bluebird.
(d) Redbird.

14. How many years did Makepeace steal from Alvin?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

15. What did Alvin say to Arthur as he locked the manacles?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Don't be afraid.
(c) I won't forget you.
(d) Neither of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Dr. Physicker done that embarrassed Alvin?

2. What words did Horace use in regards to Alvin that rankled?

3. What does Alvin want to do with his journeyman piece?

4. What did Arthur do to the palm that had killed the other Finder?

5. What errand was Alvin on for Makepeace?

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