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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 was the most difficult lesson Mistress Modesty had taught Peggy?
(a) To be kind and polite.
(b) To be truly happy.
(c) To smile with sheer joy.
(d) Not to use her knack if she didn't need to.

2. Who did Peggy hitch a ride with?
(a) None of these.
(b) Makepeace Smith.
(c) Dr. Whitley Physicker.
(d) She didn't hitch a ride, she took the horse.

3. Why did Alvin shake Horace Guester's hand gladly?
(a) He wasn't used to his opinion mattering.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) He wasn't used to being treated like an equal.
(d) Both of these.

4. What song did Redbird begin to sing that was different from Redman's song?
(a) The song of Rebirth.
(b) The song of Triumph.
(c) The song of Making.
(d) The song of the Redbird.

5. What kind of wood was good for finding water?
(a) Willow.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Hickory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would his career as a blacksmith teach Alvin?

2. What was this thing for?

3. What was a mistake among women?

4. What is it that a torch does?

5. Why did Alvin lay down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sacrifice did the Black slave girl make? Why did she make this choice?

2. How did Hank feel about Alvin?

3. Why did Alvin dig out a well that he knew wouldn't do any good?

4. Why was the Berry's saying that this half white child was theirs was the best bet to ensure the child's survival?

5. Why was the man that Peggy had been dancing with confused when Peggy stopped dancing?

6. Why couldn't Alvin simply fill the well that he had dug and make Hank Dowsers' well good?

7. Why does Horace need his secret kept, and why is it in the best interests of Alvin not to tell his secret?

8. What did Peggy notice about Mistress Modesty's heart when she was looking at Peggy?

9. What did Cavil do that he felt was godly and righteous?

10. What action shocked the traveling priest?

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