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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Jesse say came up with a plan to get Mae out of jail?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Tuck.
(c) Miles.
(d) Mae.

2. Why does the stranger say he's going to go ahead?
(a) He says he's worried about the child.
(b) He says he wants to return the horse.
(c) He says he's too tired to wait for the constable.
(d) He doesn't say.

3. What is Tuck wearing when he comes in to check on Winnie?
(a) A long white nightshirt.
(b) A green robe.
(c) A pair of pants a a tee shirt.
(d) Overalls.

4. What do Winnie's mother and grandmother do all day?
(a) Cook dinner and can peaches.
(b) Fan themselves and drink lemonade.
(c) Work on a quilt.
(d) Work in the garden.

5. How far does the stranger tell the constable they have to go to find Winnie?
(a) Twenty miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) Five miles.
(d) Sixteen miles.

6. What does Winnie do with the bottle Jesse gave her?
(a) Drinks it.
(b) Hides it in a drawer.
(c) Pours it out.
(d) Puts it in her grandmother's drink.

7. Who lifts Winnie through the window and into the jail?
(a) Jesse.
(b) Miles.
(c) Tuck.
(d) Mae.

8. What is the flash of white Winnie sees from her bedroom window?
(a) An airplane.
(b) Heat lightning.
(c) A fire.
(d) A cell phone tower.

9. What does Winnie pour on the toad?
(a) A bowl of water from the house.
(b) The water Jesse gave her.
(c) Her glass of lemonade.
(d) Water from the garden hose.

10. What does Mae answer when the constable asks why she hit the man?
(a) That he had hit her first.
(b) That he was trying to take the child away.
(c) That he wanted Winnie to drink from the spring.
(d) That he had threatened to tell their secret.

11. What do Winnie and Miles use for bait?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Pork fat.
(c) Worms.
(d) Grasshoppers.

12. What does Jesse ask Winnie to do?
(a) Ask Tuck if she should drink from the spring.
(b) Drink from the spring when she's seventeen.
(c) Drink from the spring the following day.
(d) Never drink from the spring.

13. What does the stranger insist must be done to make the trade legal?
(a) The men must shake hands.
(b) It must be written on a piece of paper.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It must be filed at the courthouse.

14. What is Mae's reaction when they hear a knock on the door?
(a) She drops her fork.
(b) She yells, "come in".
(c) She asks Winnie who it could be.
(d) She screams.

15. Where does the stranger tie the Tucks' horse?
(a) To the Foster's fence.
(b) To a tree.
(c) To the barn door.
(d) To a large rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they have for breakfast the morning after Winnie and Miles go fishing?

2. What color is the dragonfly that darts near the rowboat while Winnie and Miles are fishing?

3. Where do Winnie's mother and grandmother spend their day?

4. What does Miles say was the name of his daughter?

5. What does Mae do to the man when he threatens to have Winnie drink the water?

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