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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Russell and Lloyd are camping, where does there seem to be a ghost?
(a) Between two walnut trees.
(b) Between two locusts trees.
(c) Between two maples.
(d) Between two sycamores.

2. How many people can ride in the good buggy Mr. Culver owns?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

3. What is Russell surprised to smell for breakfast in Chapter 7?
(a) Hasbrowns.
(b) Pancakes.
(c) Cornmeal mush.
(d) Potatoes and bacon.

4. What color ribbon does Tansy have in her straw hat for Miss Arbuckle's coffin?
(a) Brown.
(b) Purple.
(c) Black.
(d) Navy.

5. Where does the school board meet in Chapter 6?
(a) Schoolhouse.
(b) Culver's parlor.
(c) Church.
(d) Embree's parlor.

6. What insects are in the window wells of the church in Chapter 5?
(a) Beetles.
(b) Bees.
(c) Flies.
(d) Wasps.

7. What type of minister is Charlie's father?
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Methodist.
(d) Presbyterian.

8. What road are Stentor and Siren about to turn on as they come home from the funeral when there is heard a terrible banshee scream?
(a) Rib Lake Road.
(b) Hog Scald Road.
(c) Fish Lake Road.
(d) Whitefish Bay Road.

9. Where does Aunt Maud land when the horses are spooked coming home from the funeral?
(a) By a cypress tree.
(b) Bed of watercress.
(c) In a clump of cattails.
(d) In a swamp.

10. Where does the train the Case Special come from?
(a) Racine, Wisconsin.
(b) Bloomington, Minnesota.
(c) Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
(d) St. Cloud, Minnesota.

11. In Chapter 2, what fruit do the Culver's have for dinner?
(a) Blackberries.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Apples.

12. Where does Aunt Maud live?
(a) Old Wilson home place where she grew up.
(b) In a house on the Culver's property.
(c) Old Singleterry home place where she grew up.
(d) With the Culvers.

13. Who comes where the boys are camping in Chapter 3 that Russell believes is the ghost of Miss Arbuckle?
(a) Tansy.
(b) Aunt Maud.
(c) His dad.
(d) Mr. Parr.

14. What do Russell and Lloyd get from the Gold Dust Twins?
(a) Dish clothes.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Soap pads.
(d) Candy.

15. What county do Russell and Lloyd live in?
(a) Parke.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Warren.
(d) Dubois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What startles the Culver horses on their way home from the funeral?

2. What month does Miss Arbuckle die?

3. What is the name of the only family who does not have Doc Wilkinson assist in the birth of their babies?

4. About how far is it from the Culver farm to the school?

5. When Barney Oldfield drove the car that nearly hits the Culvers, how quickly did he travel a mile?

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