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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. Who is The Duchess of Warwick?
(a) A woman in a song.
(b) A person from Sarah's dreams.
(c) A character from a book.
(d) An influential leader at the time.

2. Why does Sarah not wear the color sunbonnet she has always wanted to?
(a) She gets hand-me-downs from her sister.
(b) Her father liked her in a certain color.
(c) She does not have the money.
(d) She tries to please her mother.

3. Which Maldanado child dies of the disease?
(a) Yoyo.
(b) Gogo.
(c) Popo.
(d) Toto.

4. Who does Sarah want to take care of her horse when she is sick?
(a) Harlan.
(b) Clover.
(c) Ernest.
(d) Mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What wedding gift does Albert give Sarah and Jimmy?

2. What is the woman in the story-page wearing?

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

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

5. What creek does the family settle by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sarah do to calm Savannah and Harlan when Mother and Albert are gone?

2. How is child birth different for Sarah and Savannah?

3. What does Savannah say about pretty dresses, and how does this make Sarah feel?

4. What happens to Sarah and the girls at the river?

5. Why do Jimmy and Sarah go to town by themselves?

6. What does Albert announce shortly after arriving in San Angelo?

7. How does Jimmy Reed plan to make a living in the new area?

8. What causes the smoke in the wagon that scares Sarah?

9. What is Sarah's biggest hope about her move to San Angelo?

10. What does Sarah say about her baby on her first Christmas?

(see the answer keys)

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