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

2. What page number of a story does Sarah find?
(a) 87.
(b) 57.
(c) 67.
(d) 77.

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

4. What does Ernest brag about when he is with the other men?
(a) His intelligence.
(b) His shooting ability.
(c) His tolerance for pain.
(d) His tracking ability.

5. What kind of leg does Ernest make for himself?
(a) Wooden.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Iron.
(d) Steel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many travelers die on August 17th?

2. Why does Sarah stay the night at Jimmy's house after telling him of the baby?

3. Why does Sarah misspell her sickness?

4. What does Captain Elliot say in his letter after hearing of Sarah's engagement?

5. What do Jimmy and Mama not allow Sarah to do that makes her angry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What has someone been doing to help ease Sarah's burdens while with the wagon train?

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

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

8. Why does Jimmy get mad after Sarah goes visiting after having a second child?

9. What does Sarah use to write out this history?

10. What does Jimmy do just before he dies?

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