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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Savannah doing when she announces that she is pregnant?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Holding a neighbor's baby.
(c) Singing to the family.
(d) Washing up.

2. How many travelers die on August 17th?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. What does Savannah ask Sarah to teach her?
(a) How to cook.
(b) How to read.
(c) How to shoot.
(d) How to clean a chicken.

4. What is the woman in the story-page wearing?
(a) A scarlet dress.
(b) A black veil.
(c) A white scarf.
(d) A yellow sunbonnet.

5. What has Captain Elliot left the Army to become?
(a) A Mountain Man.
(b) A Texas Ranger.
(c) An Indian Guide.
(d) A teacher.

6. Who goes with Mother to file the land claim?
(a) Albert.
(b) Harlan.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Savannah.

7. What does Jimmy have to build on to his house after he and Sarah are married?
(a) A barn.
(b) A milking room.
(c) A sewing room.
(d) A nursery.

8. Why does Sarah agree to teach Savannah?
(a) She loves Savannah.
(b) She will need help if the Indians attack again.
(c) She needs help in the kitchen.
(d) She hates cleaning chickens.

9. What does Captain Elliot return to Sarah when the family starts to settle?
(a) A horse.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A dollar bill.
(d) A book.

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

11. What do Jimmy and Mama not allow Sarah to do that makes her angry?
(a) Kill chickens.
(b) Go hunting.
(c) Live with Jimmy.
(d) Go to town.

12. Who talks to Sarah about men and women?
(a) Captain Elliot.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Mother.
(d) Albert.

13. What does Sarah sleep with while staying at Jimmy's house?
(a) A club.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A knife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does mother think when Clover says a snake is in his bed?

2. What do Indians do when they see the dead men who hurt Ulyssa?

3. Who answers Sarah's questions about becoming a new wife?

4. What is the name of the horse Sarah breaks in?

5. What makes up the Indian group that passes on January 20th?

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