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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. Why does Doc Smith say that the state needs taxes?
(a) So the state can take care of people who cannot take care of themselves.
(b) So the state can improve the quality of education.
(c) So the state can send their employees on expensive trips.
(d) So the state can build better highways.

2. What tribe lives with Stone Fox's people on the reservation?
(a) The Nez Perce.
(b) The Cheyenne.
(c) The Iroquois.
(d) The Arapaho.

3. Why does little Willy tell Stone Fox that Willy has to win the race?
(a) Because if he does not win, he will be arrested for non-payment of taxes.
(b) Because if he does not win, all the kids will laugh at him.
(c) Because if he does not win, they are going to take the farm away.
(d) Because if he does not win, he will be too embarrassed to ever come to town again.

4. On his way out of town on the night before the race, where does Willy hear dogs barking?
(a) In the pen behind the post office.
(b) In the kennel at the vet's building.
(c) In the pasture off of South Road.
(d) In the old, deserted barn.

5. What habit does Mr. Foster exhibit?
(a) He constantly rubs his nose.
(b) He smokes cigars.
(c) He bites his nails.
(d) He chews on peppermints all the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grandfather say that gives Willy strength?

2. What is the sky like the night before the race?

3. When Willy says hello to Stone Fox, what does Stone Fox do?

4. How many miles does the dogsled race cover?

5. How does little Willy receive his money to enter the dogsled race?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does little Willy feel after he gets his money and enters the race?

2. When little Willy meets Stone Fox in the barn, what does he tell Stone Fox?

3. Explain the difference between the practice schedules of little Willy and Stone Fox.

4. What does Stone Fox do with the money he wins from racing?

5. Why does little Willy go into town the night before the race?

6. How does Lester feel about little Willy?

7. What does "where there's a will, there's a way" mean?

8. Why does Stone Fox not talk to white men?

9. What is little Willy's attitude the morning of the race?

10. Describe what Willy believes to be the way out of his problem.

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