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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Russell supposed to be spelling in Chapter 12 when a commotion is heard from outside?
(a) Capital of Minnesota.
(b) Capital of Delaware.
(c) Capital of Iowa.
(d) Capital of Florida.

2. How often will Russell have to take down and clean the stovepipe to make restitution for the fire?
(a) Every 20 school days.
(b) Every 2 weeks.
(c) Every ten school days.
(d) Once a week.

3. In Chapter 12, when does Russell get Charlie to say he will leave for the Dakotas?
(a) No later than Saturday.
(b) No later than Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday evening.

4. What arithmetic book does Tansy have from the high school that she studies in the evenings?
(a) Topical Advanced Arithmetic.
(b) Ray's New Practical Arithmetic.
(c) The Western Calculator.
(d) Stoddard's Rudiments of Arithmetic.

5. Who owns the crop that nearly burned with the privy?
(a) Aunt Fanny Hamline.
(b) Mr. Leadill.
(c) Old Man Lichtenberger.
(d) Mr. Cooper.

6. How did the privy fire start?
(a) Charlie or Russell dropped the lit buggy whip in the weeds.
(b) Lightning.
(c) Lester was smoking in the privy.
(d) Flopears was smoking in the privy.

7. In Chapter 13, what day of the week does the mailman deliver a big parcel for the school?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Friday.

8. What does Glenn have for lunch at school?
(a) Apples and cheese.
(b) Whatever he kills and cooks in the yard.
(c) Whatever the others will share.
(d) Whatever he can steal from home.

9. What does Eugene Hammond include with the bust?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Encyclopedia.
(c) American flag.
(d) Football.

10. On butchering day, what time do neighbors start coming up the lane to the Culvers' place?
(a) 6:30 a.m.
(b) Dawn.
(c) 5 a.m.
(d) Before dawn.

11. Who comes along with a wagon and helps get Aunt Fanny Hamline out of the ditch?
(a) O.C. Culver.
(b) Preacher Parr.
(c) Mr. George Keating, the mailman.
(d) Doc Wilkinson.

12. How big is the hole Lloyd burned in the shirt Aunt Maud made him?
(a) Size of a silver dollar.
(b) Size of a quarter.
(c) Size of a nickel.
(d) Size of a penny.

13. How old does Russell believe Pearl Nearing is on the first day of school?
(a) 11 or 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 10 or 11.
(d) 12.

14. After the accident with the Culver's wagon, where did Eugene Hammond drive?
(a) Orange County Fairgrounds.
(b) Posey County Fairgrounds.
(c) Vigo County Fairgrounds.
(d) Warren County Fairgrounds.

15. How much does Russell think the school stove weighs?
(a) 500 pounds.
(b) 300 pounds.
(c) 1/2 of a ton.
(d) 1/3 of a ton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What railyard does Russell plan to go to after leaving Montezuma for the Dakotas?

2. How many bushels of corn can Mr. Culver shuck in a day?

3. What readers are Tansy and Little Britches laying out when Glenn joins the students in Chapter 10?

4. What word is Russell given to spell on the first day of school during Spelling School?

5. How does Tansy get Charlie and Glenn to stop fighting?

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