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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creek does the family settle by?
(a) Cayman.
(b) Cienega.
(c) Cayenne.
(d) Cierra.

2. What does Harlan think his mother might do someday?
(a) Thank Sarah.
(b) Die.
(c) Marry again.
(d) Come to her senses.

3. Why does Captain Elliot return something to Sarah when her family starts to settle?
(a) He wants her to become educated.
(b) He cared too much for her mother.
(c) She saved the Army the cost of caring for the horses.
(d) She was an example of patriotism.

4. What kind of people is Sarah surprised to see traveling with a wagon train after Albert's wedding?
(a) Freed slaves.
(b) All of these.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Chinese.

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

6. Why does Sarah misspell her sickness?
(a) She has never seen it written.
(b) That is how the doctor spelled it.
(c) She can't find it in the dictionary.
(d) She prefers her own spelling of the word.

7. What does Sarah call the Mormon women in the wagon train?
(a) Strange.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Desperate.
(d) Addled.

8. What is Savannah's last name?
(a) Hoover.
(b) Holliday.
(c) Larraby.
(d) Lawrence.

9. What does Sarah name her daughter?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) July.

10. Why does Ernest want to join the military?
(a) He wants to fight Indians.
(b) He wants to make his father proud.
(c) He wants to make some money.
(d) He wants to pay for his schooling.

11. Who did Mother's courter once fight with?
(a) The Revolutionsits.
(b) The Tories.
(c) The Union.
(d) The Confederacy.

12. What awakes Sarah on August 17th?
(a) A wolf howl.
(b) Indian wopping.
(c) The scream of a girl.
(d) The sound of a train whistle.

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

14. What color sunbonnet does Sarah always wear?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

15. What is the name of the horse Sarah breaks in?
(a) Rose.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Violet.
(d) Petunia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy have to build on to his house after he and Sarah are married?

2. What does Savannah name her baby boy?

3. How many women are married to the Mormon man in the wagon train?

4. What does Sarah yell at a chicken for?

5. What does Jimmy build himself for his new house?

(see the answer keys)

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