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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is left of the foreign dryland farmers’ futile attempts?
(a) Ruts in the ground.
(b) Lost cattle.
(c) Barbed wire and abandoned sheds.
(d) Empty wells.

2. When Rose comes to understand that Phil is not coming to dinner, she realizes what?
(a) Her piano playing will now be the majority of the entertainment.
(b) She will need to have his dinner plate removed from the table immediately.
(c) The Governor and his wife will not stay long.
(d) She will have to do all the talking.

3. What does Rose admit about her piano playing to the Governor and his wife?
(a) Her playing is rusty since her days playing in the pit at the moving picture house.
(b) She is happy to be playing for an audience again.
(c) She has been practicing a great deal without much success.
(d) She does not know any sophisticated tunes.

4. What does George say to Phil regarding the Indians on their property?
(a) He should consider their feelings.
(b) He should ignore them.
(c) He should shoo them away from the ranch.
(d) He should give them a chance.

5. What has to survive for Edward to go on the quest north?
(a) His son.
(b) The horse.
(c) The cow.
(d) Jennie.

6. How does Rose feel about her drinking?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is grateful for relief.
(c) She is ashamed.
(d) She is scared.

7. As the day of the Governor’s visit grows closer, why does George not want to invite any other guests?
(a) He does not want to show off.
(b) He is uncomfortable around other people.
(c) He does not like any of his neighbors.
(d) He has bad memories of his parents’ parties.

8. What does Rose allow the Indians to do?
(a) Stay in the main house.
(b) Come in for a quick meal.
(c) Camp on their land.
(d) Stop and rest for a bit.

9. Why does Rose create a work of art out of weeds and other odd plants?
(a) She cannot find any flowers to arrange.
(b) She is trying to find a bit of herself again.
(c) She wants to impress George and Phil.
(d) She is bored.

10. As Rose puts it, what is art if not what?
(a) The expression of one's imagination.
(b) The arrangement of trivia.
(c) An escape from real life.
(d) The creation of beauty.

11. How does George know Phil has seen the Indians?
(a) He hears Phil's horse's hooves.
(b) He spies on Phil with his binoculars.
(c) He hears Phil holler.
(d) He is nearby and sees all that takes place.

12. How does Phil feel when he sees that Peter has found his secret bathing spot?
(a) Surprised and then excited.
(b) Shock and then anger.
(c) Elated and then concerned.
(d) Worried and then annoyed.

13. How does Rose respond when Phil tells her why he does not like her?
(a) She shouts at him.
(b) She denies his accusations.
(c) She silently goes to her room.
(d) She begins to cry.

14. How does the Governor let George and Rose know they are on their way?
(a) He sends a telegraph.
(b) He texts them.
(c) He telephones them from Herndon.
(d) He sends a letter.

15. How does the Governor’s wife feel about Rose and the Burbanks?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Worried.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Happy for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away are Edward and his son from the reservation?

2. How does Rose feel about what took place when she attempted to confront Phil in Chapter XI?

3. What does Rose worry about as she drives to Herndon to pick up Peter?

4. What does the Governor’s wife wonder out loud to her husband?

5. How does Chapter XI end?

(see the answer keys)

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