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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the children help the man dressed as Mikulas do?
(a) Drop off presents.
(b) Say prayers.
(c) Sing hymns.
(d) Scare some children.

2. What does Kate tell Mikulas to do with what he has brought her?
(a) Send it to her father.
(b) Save it for her sister.
(c) Give it to another child.
(d) Keep it for himself.

3. What does Kate do during the stampede?
(a) She gets up on a fence.
(b) She crumples to a ball.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She distracts the horses.

4. What does Mother do while Marton stacks hay?
(a) Cans food.
(b) Collects milk and eggs.
(c) Smokes meat.
(d) Tends the garden.

5. How many pigs do the gypsies steal?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

6. What is Kate given to complete her goal while the crops mature?
(a) Books and parchment.
(b) Thicker gloves.
(c) Seeds.
(d) A pail.

7. What does the man who buys Marton's horses call him?
(a) A master.
(b) A thief.
(c) A fool.
(d) A saint.

8. Why is Kate so happy about Marton quickly selling his horses?
(a) Now she doesn't have to care for the horses.
(b) Now he can have extra money.
(c) Now they can go home faster.
(d) Now he can play with her.

9. What does Marton promise Kate he will do when her father visits?
(a) Help him relax.
(b) Adopt Kate.
(c) Pay him for his trouble.
(d) Convince him to stay.

10. How does Marton celebrate selling his horses so quickly?
(a) He buys a gift.
(b) He buys a special and expensive dinner.
(c) He does a cartwheel.
(d) He reads his favorite book.

11. What earns Marton the name of the Good Master?
(a) He teaches the children.
(b) He pays others before himself.
(c) He works with the employees.
(d) He contains his anger.

12. How many sheep does Marton offer the gypsies?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

13. What is the hay collected into?
(a) Wagons.
(b) Nets.
(c) Bags.
(d) Boxes.

14. Why does Kate not recognize the man dressed as Mikulas?
(a) It is dark.
(b) All of these.
(c) She has never met him.
(d) He hides his face from her.

15. What lessons does Kate teach?
(a) Writing.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Reading.
(d) Economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many horses does Marton plan to sell?

2. How does Kate see to complete her surprise for Marton on the day of the fair?

3. What day is Mikulas Day?

4. What does Marton call Kate when he sees her surprise for him on the day of the fair?

5. What does Kate want to do as the crops mature?

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