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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 month was it in "Holy Track"?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) November.
(d) October.

2. In how many feet of water did Evelina's great uncle Octave manage to drown when he was despondent over a woman?
(a) 3 feet.
(b) 4 feet.
(c) 2 feet.
(d) 1 foot.

3. How long ago in "A Little Nip," did Mooshum quit horseracing?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 8 years.

4. What does Evelina's father teach?
(a) History.
(b) Science.
(c) English.
(d) Math.

5. How long does it take Joseph and the other men to reach the area they want to claim in "Batner's Powders"?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 10 weeks.
(d) 2 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Geraldine wearing the second time Judge Coutts saw her?

2. Who shot the sheriff's horse in "Death Song"?

3. In "The Way Things Are," what towns bordered the reservation?

4. How old was Joseph J. Coutts in "Town Fever"?

5. In "The Expedition," how many men were to sleep under a blanket two Icelandic women were making?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Junesse and Mooshum survive when they ran off together?

2. What did Clemence tell Evelina about her the racial heritage of her grandmother, Junesse?

3. In "The Plague of the Doves," why did a Catholic priest ask his parishioners to gather at the church and then walk the fields?

4. What happened when Judge Coutts got Geraldine to go fishing with him?

5. What happened in "A Little Nip," when Father Cassidy staggered to the door after drinking with Mooshum and Shamengwa?

6. Why did John Wildstrand ask Billy Peace to kidnap his wife?

7. What expedition did Joseph J. Coutts join and why?

8. How did the expedition Joseph Coutts joined start out?

9. What happened when Johann Vogeli did not want to be involved in hanging the men accused of the murders at Lochren farm?

10. What happened to the men who lynched the men accused of the murders at Lochren farm?

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