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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sarah say is incredible about her new house with Jimmy?
(a) The hen house.
(b) The bed.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The front porch.

2. Why does a doctor refuse to amputate Clover's arm?
(a) Clover begs them to not let him.
(b) It would kill Clover.
(c) He does not have the tools.
(d) It is too late.

3. What color sunbonnet has Sarah always longed for?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

4. How old is Ernest when he loses a leg?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

5. What does Sarah write when she falls ill?
(a) Letters.
(b) The beginning of her journal.
(c) Her will.
(d) A poem.

6. What does Savannah name her baby boy?
(a) Henry.
(b) George.
(c) Albert.
(d) Clover.

7. What wedding gift does Albert give Sarah and Jimmy?
(a) Kerosene lamps.
(b) Wagon axle grease.
(c) A rifle set.
(d) Bearskins.

8. What do Indians do when they see the dead men who hurt Ulyssa?
(a) Bury the bodies.
(b) Burn the bodies.
(c) Take their scalps.
(d) Give furs to the girls.

9. Who answers Sarah's questions about becoming a new wife?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Albert.
(d) Mama.

10. What do the Maldanados get sick with?
(a) Mumphs.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Small Pox.

11. What does Jimmy want Sarah to keep records of?
(a) Her cycles.
(b) The foals born.
(c) Their finances.
(d) The eggs they sell.

12. What makes up the Indian group that passes on January 20th?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Old men.
(c) Women and children.
(d) Young boys.

13. What had one of the slaughterers been doing to Sarah before the event?
(a) Talking in low voices.
(b) Making eyes at her.
(c) Staying drunk all the time.
(d) Whittling a sharp knife.

14. What does Jimmy build himself for his new house?
(a) The barn.
(b) His furniture.
(c) None of these.
(d) A fence.

15. What does Sarah have to protect her chicken coop from?
(a) Rain.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing Sarah describes in this book?

2. Why does Sarah plan to hide her dogs from the men?

3. What does Harlan think his mother might do someday?

4. What happens in the wagon train on December 15th?

5. Who talks to Sarah about men and women?

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