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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 color shirt is Glenn wearing when he helps Russell with the stovepipes in Chapter 15?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

2. Where does Russell think the way that Tansy figured out how to get Aunt Fanny Hamline out of the ditch should be studied?
(a) University of Notre Dame.
(b) Indiana State University.
(c) Purdue University.
(d) Butler University.

3. In Chapter 11, what does Charlie think he has to do before he and Russell can leave for the Dakotas?
(a) Wean the calves.
(b) Harvest the garden.
(c) Harvest the wheat.
(d) Shuck the corn.

4. When Tansy comes to Russell and Lloyd's room the night after the fire, what word is she disappointed Lloyd could not spell?
(a) Beseech.
(b) Expectorate.
(c) Derision.
(d) Cower.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Russell's mother when she married his dad?

3. Where did the fire nearly spread that destroyed the privy?

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

5. What do Russell and his father do on Saturday in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why might there be students in their 20s at a one-room school like Hominy Ridge?

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

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

5. Why does Mr. Culver think Eugene Hammond is behind the news article about the accident with the Culver's buggy and Eugene's automobile?

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

7. What does Pearl say when Tansy tells her to get a little girl hiding in the privy, and how does Pearl respond?

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

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

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

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