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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 does Kate offer to help Marton through the summer?

2. Who helps Kate with her goal while the crops mature?

3. Why does Kate not recognize the man dressed as Mikulas?

4. Who does Daniel help?

5. How does the rooster escape the well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kate want Csaba to do?

2. What do the gypsies steal from Marton's ranch?

3. What trouble does Kate cause at the circus?

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

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

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

7. How does Kate get back home after the gypsies leave?

8. Why does Marton grind his own wheat?

9. How does the family celebrate after the story about the rooster?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Family Love was a very important theme and motivating factor in this book. Which characters were most affected by this theme? Which relationships were the most significant to the plot and why?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

What happens when the gypsies stay on Marton's land, and how are things in this scene resolved?

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