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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. How does Russell plan to get to the Dakotas?
(a) Buy a train ticket.
(b) Freight trains.
(c) Catch a ride.
(d) Borrow a horse.

2. How many shots does it take Eugene Hammond to take down the first hog?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. Who gets a whipping that fall from Tansy?
(a) Lloyd.
(b) Russell.
(c) Flopears.
(d) Lester.

4. In Chapter 15, who is Glenn boarding with?
(a) Baz Ellenbogen.
(b) Aunt Fanny Hamline.
(c) Keatings.
(d) Lichtenbergers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What rural district did Eugene Hammon come from?

2. What is the salary for the threshing season in the Dakotas?

3. In Chapter 10, what state does Little Britches learn to spell?

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

5. In Chapter 11, what does Charlie think he has to do before he and Russell can leave for the Dakotas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going on when Russell, his father, and Lloyd come to the house and hear music?

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

3. Why does Russell get a whipping from Tansy in Chapter 14?

4. What does Russell think about Charlie's appearance on the first day of school?

5. What does Glenn have for lunch when he starts attending school?

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

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

8. How is Aunt Fanny Hamline gotten out of the ditch at the school?

9. Why does Aunt Fanny Hamline come to the school, and how does she get hurt?

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

(see the answer keys)

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