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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 happens when little Willy goes back to sleep instead of getting up like Grandfather asked?
(a) Grandfather beats him.
(b) Little Willy has to make his own breakfast.
(c) Little Willy's breakfast gets taken to the chicken coop.
(d) Grandfather makes him a second plate of eggs.

2. Which activity will Willy NOT do after school?
(a) Play cards with his friends at the general store.
(b) Pick up supplies.
(c) Go to the post office.
(d) Look at the city slickers.

3. What does Willy do for Grandfather every night when he gets home?
(a) Willy plays checkers with Grandfather.
(b) Willy cooks steak and potatoes for dinner.
(c) Willy washes Grandfather's bed sheets.
(d) Willy combs Grandfather's hair.

4. What does Doc Smith say is wrong with Grandfather?
(a) He has cancer.
(b) He has stomach poisoning.
(c) He is paralyzed.
(d) He has given up on life.

5. What does little Willy make in the mornings for breakfast?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Eggs and bacon.
(c) Biscuits and gravy.
(d) Oatmeal mush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is little Willy's dog named?

2. What time does Grandfather get up in the morning?

3. Where does Grandfather keep his money?

4. What hand signal means "water"?

5. What crop does little WIlly and his Grandfather raise?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the city slickers and what do they look like?

2. What did Grandfather do that taught little Willy never to sleep past breakfast?

3. What does Clifford Snyder threaten to do with the farm?

4. What are Grandfather's predictions for this year's crop?

5. What do little Willy and Searchlight do after school?

6. What does little WIlly tell Doc Smith about his grandfather that causes her to think something is wrong?

7. Why does little Willy refuse Doc Smith's ideas on what to do now that Grandfather is sick?

8. What does Doc Smith think is the best thing for Willy to do about his sick grandfather?

9. What words and phrases does Clifford Snyder use when he talks to Grandfather?

10. How does little Willy earn his college money?

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