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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Phil's response when Rose asks him why he dislikes her so?
(a) She is not meant to be on a ranch and is dim-witted like George.
(b) He is still angry that George never told him he was going to be married.
(c) He says he knows that she married George for his money and that she has been stealing his booze.
(d) He is jealous that George loves another.

2. What causes Rose’s stage fright?
(a) The Governor and his wife.
(b) Phil’s unused utensils.
(c) The beautiful new piano.
(d) The howling wind.

3. What is NOT a reason given by Phil and the boys for why Peter does not belong on the ranch?
(a) He is prissy.
(b) He is clean.
(c) He has a lisp.
(d) He is intelligent.

4. How does the Governor feel about the dinner with George and Rose?
(a) It was a failure.
(b) It was very pleasant and he hoped to return soon.
(c) It went decently well.
(d) It was unusual.

5. How does Chapter XI end?
(a) Peter plots to hurt Phil.
(b) Peter is carefully combing his hair and mouths Phil's name.
(c) Rose is crying inconsolably.
(d) George arrives home.

6. What does the Governor’s wife wonder out loud to her husband?
(a) How beautiful the new Mrs. Burbank is.
(b) How disappointing the new Mrs. Burbank must be to her mother-in-law.
(c) How well Mrs. Burbank played the piano.
(d) How long the new Mrs. Burbank will last.

7. How does the narrator describe the ranch house?
(a) An English cottage.
(b) A bungalow gone wild.
(c) A medieval fortress.
(d) A sprawling ranch.

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

9. What barrier stops Edward and his son on their journey?
(a) A bear.
(b) A flooded ravine.
(c) The government gate.
(d) Sudden illness.

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

11. How does Phil feel when he sees the Indians on his land?
(a) He sees red.
(b) He is concerned.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is shocked.

12. What is Phil’s nickname for Peter?
(a) Peter Piper.
(b) Miss Nancy.
(c) Miss Priss.
(d) Petey.

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

14. 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 is nearby and sees all that takes place.
(d) He hears Phil holler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Governor let George and Rose know they are on their way?

2. How does Rose feel about Phil being nowhere to be found?

3. What is one way that Rose and Peter do NOT defy house protocol at dinner time?

4. How does Phil feel about the dryland farmers?

5. How is Phil’s favorite shack and swimming hole camouflaged?

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