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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what year did Leona and John get married?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1922.
2. When Roy and Ada first arrived at their land, what was Roy's first order of business?
(a) To build a cabin.
(b) To dig a well.
(c) To buy some livestock.
(d) To plant the crops.
3. What is Sandy's surname?
(a) Roscoe.
(b) Reid.
(c) Robinson.
(d) Reynolds.
4. In Chapter 4, what did Roy go out to the barn to do?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Stop Lyman from slaughtering a pig.
(c) Chop off his last finger.
(d) Confront John about proposing to Edith.
5. How long was Ada in labor with her first child?
(a) One day.
(b) Seventeen hours.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two and a half days.
6. Who does Sandy say gave the reporter information for his story?
(a) Sandy's wife.
(b) Sandy's mother.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The Goodnoughs.
7. What was the name of the local tavern?
(a) The Holt Tavern.
(b) McNally's Tavern.
(c) The Big Hill Tavern.
(d) Crabtree Tavern.
8. What is the man wearing who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1?
(a) Yellow pants.
(b) Yellow boots.
(c) A yellow raincoat.
(d) A yellow bow tie.
9. After Roy's accident, what did John send Roy's son to do?
(a) Call an ambulance.
(b) Get a first aid kit.
(c) Get John's truck.
(d) Find Roy's fingers.
10. Where does the man who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1 say he is from?
(a) The Denver Daily.
(b) The Colorado Times.
(c) The Denver Post.
(d) The Colorado Express.
11. Who carried Roy's digits to town?
(a) Roy's son.
(b) Edith.
(c) Roy.
(d) John.
12. In what year did Ada become ill?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1908.
13. Who did John meet outside the hardware store?
(a) Wenzel Gerdts.
(b) Roy.
(c) Edith.
(d) Bud Sealy.
14. In Chapter 1, what lands on the reporter's shirt?
(a) A fly.
(b) A dead leaf.
(c) Bird droppings.
(d) Cow manure.
15. What is Roy thought to have seen fliers advertising?
(a) Holiday resorts in the mountains.
(b) Films about cowboys in the Wild West.
(c) Free cattle for farmers.
(d) The chance to homestead in Colorado.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 4, what was Edith putting in the bowl into which Roy dropped something?
2. What did Edith keep in her apron pocket?
3. What did Roy hate about harvest time?
4. Why did Edith say John wouldn't sunburn?
5. What does the reporter ask Sandy in regards to the Goodnough fire?
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