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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the diamond found by the rooster?

2. How does Jancsi spend his money at the fair?

3. Why is something scarce during the summer?

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

5. What does the rooster eat at the beehive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jancsi do during the stampede?

2. What ends up delaying the trip of the man dressed up as Mikulas?

3. What does Jancsi spend his money on at the fair?

4. Why does Marton call the man who buys his horses a fool?

5. What happens just after Mother tells the story about the rooster?

6. How does Jancsi help Kate when she goes swimming?

7. What does Kate hope will happen when her father visits?

8. What is the big surprise Marton has for Mikulas Day?

9. Why does Arpad not want the children to help with the round-up?

10. Why does the man who buys Marton's horses call him a fool?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Sandor make his important decision at the end of the book, and what message is the author able to send through this decision?

Essay Topic 2

How did Kate change when she was around her extended family, and what caused these changes?

Essay Topic 3

How does Kate respond to being taught by Jancsi, and what does this reveal about the relationship between these cousins?

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