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

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

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

4. Where is Ernest being sent to fight the Indians?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) The Dakotas.

5. How long does Sarah say she needs to answer Jimmy's proposal?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 1 week.
(d) 1 month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What material is the dress on the story-page made of?

2. Who performs the marriage ceremony for Albert and Savannah?

3. What does Clover die of?

4. Who did Mother's courter once fight with?

5. Who leaves the settled place with the Captain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sarah say Jimmy spends a lot of time doing after she has the baby?

2. How does Jimmy die?

3. What shocks Sarah when Jimmy kisses her for the first time?

4. Why does Jimmy Reed not join the family until later?

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

6. What does Captain Elliot bring for the family in July?

7. What does Mother talk to Sarah about before cutting out her new dress in the material from Tuscon?

8. How does Sarah feel when Ernest and Captain Elliot leave the family?

9. What happens to Rose, and how does Sarah respond to this?

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

(see the answer keys)

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