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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 day of the week does the Parke County Superintendent of Schools and Assistant superintendent come to observe Tansy and her students?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Wednesday.

2. Who accidentally throws a ball and hits Charlie?
(a) Russell.
(b) Flopears.
(c) Glenn.
(d) Lester..

3. What does bust does Eugene Hammond send the school in Chapter 13?
(a) Plaster bust of Theodore Roosevelt.
(b) Plaster bust of Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Plaster bust of Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Plaster bust of George Washington.

4. What is Little Britches' real name?
(a) Beulah.
(b) Marilyn.
(c) Patience.
(d) Grace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Tansy comes to Russell and Lloyd's room the night after the fire, what word is she disappointed Lloyd could not spell?

2. Who gets a whipping that fall from Tansy?

3. What is the name of the paper O.C. is reading in Chapter 9?

4. How much of a buggy whip do Russell and Charlie plan to smoke on the first day of school?

5. How did the privy fire start?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to J.W. at the Tarbox place?

2. Where is Glenn living in Chapter 15 and why?

3. What does Eugene Hammond send to the school in Chapter 13?

4. How does Tansy soothe Little Britches when she opens a drawer in Tansy's desk and finds a snake?

5. Why does Russell think his father invited Eugene to the hog butchering, and why did his father invite Eugene?

6. Who helps Russell with J.W. when J.W. encounters a porcupine?

7. What does Tansy tell Russell to do for J.W. when they get home and why?

8. How well does Eugene Hammond do at the hog butchering?

9. Why does Tansy have a new hat to wear on the first day of school?

10. What does Tansy make Russell do because he and Charlie left the burning buggy whip in the weeds by the privy?

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