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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 mother think when Clover says a snake is in his bed?
(a) He saw a harmless gardner snake.
(b) He is looking for attention.
(c) He is having a bad dream.
(d) He was bitten by a snake.

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

3. What happens to Ulyssa when she is sent to fetch water?
(a) She is beaten.
(b) She is kidnapped.
(c) She is raped.
(d) She is killed.

4. What is Sarah doing when Jimmy proposes?
(a) Planting a garden.
(b) Feeding livestock.
(c) Writing a letter.
(d) Planning his house.

5. What surprises Savannah about Sarah?
(a) She doesn't talk to her mother.
(b) She wants to be educated.
(c) She doesn't like boys.
(d) She doesn't want to get married.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What page number of a story does Sarah find?

3. Who slaughters an Indian village in January?

4. How old is Ernest when he loses a leg?

5. What color sunbonnet has Sarah always longed for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sarah's mother punish her children, and why?

2. What does Sarah give for Christmas presents while traveling with the wagon train?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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