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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 is the second question Mother asks Sammy?
(a) Is Father planning to purchase additional cows?
(b) Is Father planning to sell their livestock?
(c) Is Father planning to build a new house?
(d) Is Father planning to go into town?

2. What is Mother's attitude after she hears Sammy's response to her second question?
(a) She is angry and goes outside so she can find Father and yell at him.
(b) She is happy and says she is glad Father is buying more cows.
(c) She is sad and goes into her room to cry.
(d) She is angry and says that women are not supposed to complain.

3. What reason does Mother give Father for needing improvements on the farm?
(a) Nanny needs a new home in which to get married.
(b) They need a new home so they can have more children.
(c) Sammy needs a new home in which to get married.
(d) They need a new barn so they can have more animals and make more money.

4. When Sammy leaves in Section 2, where does Nanny go?
(a) To school with Sammy.
(b) To the neighbor's house with Sammy.
(c) To the store to buy more thread for her embroidery.
(d) To the store to buy more mincemeat for the pies.

5. As Mother remembers the promise that Father made to her, which of the following best describes her demeanor?
(a) With determination, she refuses to make his favorite pie because he will not keep his promise to her.
(b) Without resentment, she makes his favorite pie as she remembers that he hasn't kept his promise.
(c) She has Nanny make his favorite pie because she is so angry at him.
(d) She joyfully makes his favorite pie because he kept his promise to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sammy Penn doing when Mother goes back into the house?

2. How does Father respond to Mother's delay in returning to the house?

3. What is the best description of the house Adoniram and Sarah Penn own?

4. After Mother asks Sammy the question, what does she do to Sammy?

5. For how long has Sammy been aware of the new information he gives Mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mother remind Father of when she tries to convince him that they need a new house and not a new barn?

2. Describe Mother's reaction to Nanny's suggestion and what Mother does at the end of this conversation with Nanny in Section 2.

3. What is the scene at the dinner table after Mother tells Father where they will live from now on?

4. How does Mother view the location of the new barn and her existing house?

5. What is Mother's response to her husband's answer to her inquiry about the digging, and how does her husband respond?

6. What does Father do when he arrives on the farm after his trip? What is his reaction to what he finds?

7. What is the reason for Mother's response to Father's final answer regarding the digging?

8. Describe Mother's attitude and what she does after Father leaves on the trip.

9. When the hay cart arrives while Father is on his trip, what does Mother do?

10. What is the minister's reaction to his conversation with Mother?

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