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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the safe?
(a) The co-op.
(b) Isaac's tack room.
(c) Earnest's barn.
(d) Peters's barn.

2. What is the marrying age for most boys on the colony?
(a) 20.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

3. Where was the protest August attended?
(a) Hyde Park.
(b) Royal Park.
(c) Regent Park.
(d) Grant Park.

4. Who agrees to bathe and feed Earnest?
(a) Aaron.
(b) Ona.
(c) Nettie.
(d) Mejal.

5. What consellation does August show Ona?
(a) Big Dipper.
(b) Little Dipper.
(c) Orion's Belt.
(d) Southern Cross.

6. What was wrong with Klaas?
(a) He had a rotten molar.
(b) He lost a tooth.
(c) He lost his dentures.
(d) His wisdom teeth were growing in.

7. According to the women's discussion with Klaas, why are they in Earnest's barn?
(a) He is a prisoner.
(b) He wants a new quilt.
(c) He was lonely.
(d) They need to care for him.

8. What is bracka?
(a) Salad.
(b) Trail mix.
(c) A dessert.
(d) Dried bread.

9. Why did Klaas injure his wife and child?
(a) They were spending time with August.
(b) He thought they were lying about the location of the horses.
(c) He knew they stole money from him.
(d) They would' not give him the key to the co-op.

10. What did Autje and Neitje ask somebody to store?
(a) Food.
(b) The safe.
(c) Horses.
(d) Milk.

11. What is Agata's marital situation?
(a) She remains married.
(b) She is divorced.
(c) Her husband is in jail.
(d) She is a widow.

12. What song do the women sing first on June 7?
(a) For the Love of God.
(b) California Dreamin'.
(c) Tell Me the Secret.
(d) For the Beauty of the Earth.

13. According to August, what suits Ona?
(a) Being kind.
(b) Being a ghost.
(c) Being friendly.
(d) Being angry.

14. Who procured the safe for the women?
(a) The Koop brothers.
(b) Ona.
(c) Klaas.
(d) August.

15. How did Autje and Neitje get back to the colony?
(a) They rode horses with the boys.
(b) August picked them up in a buggy.
(c) The census-taker brought them back.
(d) They walked miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose breathing reminds August of a balloon?

2. Who followed Autje and Neitje to the hayloft?

3. What did August name the horse?

4. How many horses does Klaas need?

5. Since he became senile, what does Earnest do more often?

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