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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. How much does Amos bid on the person at the indigent auction?
(a) Three dollars.
(b) Ten pounds.
(c) Five dollars and sixty-two cents.
(d) One pound sixteen.

2. Who teaches Ceylinda to make the things she sells to make money?
(a) Amos.
(b) Violet.
(c) Lydia.
(d) Her school teacher.

3. Who is put up on auction when the Burdoos are no longer supported by the city?
(a) Lois's slaves.
(b) Mr. Burdoo.
(c) Two of the Burdoo children.
(d) Lois.

4. What is the first name of Mrs. Burdoo?
(a) Laurie.
(b) Lola.
(c) Lois.
(d) Laura.

5. How long does Amos save before moving to Jaffrey?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) A fortnight.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Amos received by the second person he talks to in Jaffrey?

2. Where does Amos leave most of his money when he dies?

3. What wakes Amos while he is away from his house after he hears Violet has hidden his saved money?

4. What does Violet tell Amos she would not do when he comes back?

5. Who helps Amos build his house on his new farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amos leave to Violet in his will?

2. What does Amos use his saved money for after building a house on his farm?

3. What important papers does Amos always carry with him?

4. What does Lois Burdoo say to Amos in church one day that deeply touches him?

5. How does Amos spend his first summer in Jaffrey?

6. What does Amos tell Violet when Violet says that Polly had been born free?

7. What is Amos most worried about when he moves to Jaffrey, and what gives him comfort in this worry?

8. Why does Amos feel he should listen to Violet's advice about not giving his money to Lois?

9. What is Amos's house in Jaffrey filled with during the first summer, and why?

10. Where does Amos find land to use when he first gets to Jaffrey?

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