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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. 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.

2. What does Sarah say is incredible about her new house with Jimmy?
(a) The bed.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The hen house.
(d) The front porch.

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

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

5. What is Sarah's middle name?
(a) Angela.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Angel.
(d) Althea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Savannah ask Sarah to teach her?

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

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

4. What does Sarah draw on the ground of their land?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Captain Elliot do for Sarah on Christmas Day?

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

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

8. How does Jimmy die?

9. What does Jimmy do just before he dies?

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

(see the answer keys)

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