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

2. What does Captain Elliot say in his letter after hearing of Sarah's engagement?
(a) The book is no longer for sale.
(b) He wants his horses back.
(c) She is a flimsy puff of a woman.
(d) He wishes her all the luck in the world.

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

4. How does Albert feel when he first meets Savannah?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Shy.
(c) Enamored.
(d) Jealous.

5. How does Sarah see Ernest after he loses a leg?
(a) Weak and shallow.
(b) Young and helpless.
(c) Fearful and alone.
(d) Strong and courageous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes with Mother to file the land claim?

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

3. Where is Ernest being sent to fight the Indians?

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

5. What does Sarah do when she is sent by her mother for some water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a woman has a still-born child on the wagon train, and why?

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when the Indians raid the camp after the experience at the river?

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

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

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

10. Why does Mama say Sarah had such a hard time recovering after having her daughter?

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