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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 could Sarah have won in a shooting contest?
(a) A rifle.
(b) Some money.
(c) Some food rations.
(d) A horse.

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

3. How are Albert and Sarah related?
(a) Sarah is Albert's aunt.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) Albert is Sarah's uncle.

4. Where are the Maldanados from?
(a) Prussia.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) Ireland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal does Jimmy make for Sarah when she comes to tell him about the baby?

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

3. What does Sarah call the Mormon women in the wagon train?

4. What creek does the family settle by?

5. What does Sarah write when she falls ill?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Jimmy die?

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

4. What does Jimmy do just before he dies?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Sarah do when she is killing a chicken?

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

(see the answer keys)

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