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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 has destroyed Edward and Jennie's eyesight?
(a) Infection.
(b) Reading by candlelight.
(c) Harsh sunlight.
(d) The smoke from the fires.

2. What does Rose worry about as she drives to Herndon to pick up Peter?
(a) How Peter will feel about seeing her.
(b) Whether or not Peter truly wants to spend the summer with her.
(c) If she remembers the way.
(d) She is concerned Peter will not be able to withstand Phil’s rudeness.

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

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

5. How does Jennie, Edward's wife, feel about the stories he tells their son?
(a) She is angry the stories are told, because it is so upsetting to hear how life used to be.
(b) She is proud that Edward is passing on their heritage to their son.
(c) She wonders if it is a good idea to fill their son's head with such stories.
(d) She is worried the local officials will find out and will cause trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe the ranch house?

2. What does Rose admit about her piano playing to the Governor and his wife?

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

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

5. How many calves does Phil brand in the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Edward Nappo break the reservation rules?

2. What does Rose do to feel a bit more like herself in Chapter VII?

3. What does Phil's bathing spot mean to him?

4. What prevents Edward and his son from seeing their land and Edward’s father’s grave?

5. How does Edward decide to venture off the reservation?

6. How does Rose's piano playing go at the Governor's dinner? Why?

7. How does Rose get herself into trouble with alcohol?

8. How does Rose feel about Phil's disappearance during the Governor's dinner?

9. What does Phil think about Indians?

10. How does Phil react to Peter's arrival at the ranch?

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