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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 says, "How could you care about one girl? Have you ever cared about one leaf?"
(a) Collin.
(b) Riley.
(c) Catherine.
(d) The Judge.

2. What does the sheriff go on to become?
(a) A president.
(b) A senator.
(c) A governor.
(d) A mayor.

3. Whose esteem does the Judge not enjoy?
(a) His sons'.
(b) His father's.
(c) His wife's.
(d) His daughters'.

4. How old is the young girl to whom the Judge wrote?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

5. What does the girl from the Judge's letters send him when he tells her he is going to law school?
(a) A gold nugget.
(b) A silver coin.
(c) A lucky pebble.
(d) A rabbit's foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Riley's uncle?

2. What is the Judge's last name?

3. What is the name of the sheriff of the town?

4. What is the name of Riley's sister who is in the protagonist's class in school?

5. What does the Judge refer to their group as in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the group's first interaction with Riley in Chapter 2?

2. What events lead up to the departure of Dolly, Catherine, and Collin for the tree house?

3. What is Dolly's story with the gypsy women?

4. How does the Judge counsel Riley in Chapter 3?

5. What does the tree house gang do while the buzz is going on in the town in Chapter 2?

6. What does the Judge speak of regarding trust in Chapter 3?

7. Why is the narrator envious of Riley? What responsibilities does Riley have?

8. What "secret" does Catherine reveal in Chapter 3?

9. How does the narrator's father feel about Verena and Dolly? How does the narrator come to live with them?

10. What is Catherine's take on love in Chapter 3? How does her comment change the conversation?

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