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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peter feel at his new school and boarding house?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He is homesick.
(c) He is content.
(d) He is nervous.

2. When Phil sees the cowhands flirting with the women, what does he wish?
(a) He could find a woman of his own.
(b) They would leave the women alone.
(c) He was more comfortable around women.
(d) Whatever makes him different than them did not exist.

3. Of whom does Phil frequently tell tales?
(a) Wild Bill.
(b) Bronco Henry.
(c) Bronco Bill.
(d) Annie Oakley.

4. What attracts Johnny and Rose to Beech?
(a) They find the quaint town very charming and cozy.
(b) They really like the people they meet.
(c) They love the wild, open country.
(d) They are under the belief the town will grow.

5. How does Rose convince herself that she misunderstood Phil the night he and his team dined at the Red Mill?
(a) Phil must be very sarcastic, and Rose does not understand his humor.
(b) She was in the kitchen and must have misheard him.
(c) He must be be jealous of Peter.
(d) A grown man would not humiliate a boy.

6. How does Rose respond when she learns she will be playing the piano for the governor and his wife?
(a) She cannot believe her luck.
(b) She secretly panics.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is a bit nervous.

7. How do both George and Rose change, regarding supper?
(a) They both dress up for the meal.
(b) They begin to arrive later than usual.
(c) They sit on opposite ends of the table from one another.
(d) They begin to ask for fancier meals.

8. How does Rose react when Peter asks her if she is happy?
(a) She talks around the question.
(b) She tells him about Phil.
(c) She says she is very happy.
(d) She begins to cry.

9. When George returns to the Red Mill a few weeks later, how is his behavior unlike others visitors?
(a) He does not sign the guest book.
(b) He calls her ma'am.
(c) He calls ahead to announce his arrival.
(d) He knocks on the door.

10. What does Rose admit to George about her feelings for him?
(a) She has quickly fallen head over heels for him.
(b) She has loved him since the first time she saw him.
(c) She is not sure if she could love another man, as she loved her husband.
(d) She has never loved anyone and does not believe she ever will.

11. How does Johnny feel about delivering his own son?
(a) Proud.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Satisfied.

12. What is George's response to Phil in college when Phil tells him it was embarrassing meeting with the dean and having to explain why your brother is not doing well in school?
(a) I hated college, Phil.
(b) Get over it, Phil.
(c) I'm sorry, Phil.
(d) I did the best I could, Phil.

13. Why does Phil not like alcohol?
(a) It is dangerous for your liver.
(b) He does not like how it tastes.
(c) He is afraid of what he would say while drunk.
(d) It is a waste of money.

14. How does Phil feel when he learns that George has married Rose?
(a) He is in shock.
(b) He is not surprised.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is concerned.

15. Who are Johnny’s patients?
(a) Wealthy ranchers.
(b) The majority of the townspeople of Beech.
(c) His family and close friends.
(d) The local poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT mentioned regarding Phil’s ability to see, as described in Chapter IV?

2. Why does George matter-a-factly reprimand Phil at the end of Chapter III?

3. How does Phil get Rose’s goat, regarding playing the piano?

4. What does it mean to Johnny to be kind?

5. When Phil and George’s parents moved to Salt Lake City, what is Phil slightly concerned would not happen?

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