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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. Who fights the most with Bill about his views when the war begins?
(a) Shadrach.
(b) Matt.
(c) Wilse.
(d) John.

2. Who kept a mob from killing the man who killed Mary?
(a) Jethro.
(b) Matt Creighton.
(c) David Burdow.
(d) Shadrach Hale.

3. What is Jethro and his family planting at the beginning of the book?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Corn.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Potatoes.

4. What does Jethro get to do now that he helps in the fields?
(a) Ride a horse to town on his own.
(b) Get his own room.
(c) Sit at the adult table.
(d) Get some money.

5. Why does Jenny not want to share with Jethro when she receives something important?
(a) It is very personal.
(b) She has been craving bread.
(c) She wants to read it first.
(d) Jethro was mean to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the nation respond to the start of the war?

2. Who brings the family news of the beginning of the war?

3. How many children does John have?

4. Whose house is Jethro nervous of passing on his way to town?

5. How did the mob want to kill the man who killed Mary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bill choose to do at the end of Chapter 3, and why?

2. How is Jethro helped after his experience in the town store?

3. Which side of the debate does Ellen's nephew believe in?

4. What does Bill think about the issues of the war?

5. What is Ellen suffering from in Chapter 5?

6. How is Jethro prepared for his first trip into town?

7. What happens when Jenny receives a personal letter from Shadrach?

8. What does Ellen's nephew do when he first comes to visit Ellen?

9. What happens when Ellen hears the men all debating heatedly about the issues of the war?

10. Why is Jethro sent to town alone in Chapter 5?

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