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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Hattie wait for a ride to her new home in Montana?
(a) Point Lobos.
(b) Vida.
(c) At the side of the railroad tracks with nothing around.
(d) Wolf Point.

2. Why does Hattie ask Traft to dance?
(a) To defuse a tense situation.
(b) To get him away from the Muellers.
(c) She likes him.
(d) To ask him a personal question.

3. Where does Traft offer to take Hattie?
(a) To Vida.
(b) To the feed store.
(c) To his place to show her how to do some simple ranch chores.
(d) To church on Sunday.

4. How far is Hattie's homestead from Vida?
(a) Three miles.
(b) Thirteen miles.
(c) About one mile.
(d) Six miles.

5. What month is coming up shortly?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) September.
(d) November.

6. What is Rooster Jim's real name?
(a) Jim Fowler.
(b) James Rooster.
(c) Jim Half Crow.
(d) Jim Chicken.

7. What amuses Rooster Jim as he rides by as Hattie is plowing?
(a) Her plowing methods.
(b) The way she has harnessed Violet.
(c) Her plowing outfit.
(d) The hat she has put on plug.

8. Of what does Perilee remind Hattie at the grocery store?
(a) To run a tab with the grocer.
(b) To buy feed for Plug and Violet.
(c) To buy some warm wool to knit a stocking cap and gloves.
(d) To wait to buy perishables until right before they leave.

9. Who rides up with a cow?
(a) Rooster Jim.
(b) Perilee's oldest child.
(c) A group of hostile men.
(d) No one.

10. About what does Leafie warn Hattie?
(a) That there is a group who want to have the Mueller's homesteading claim denied.
(b) That there is an ongoing investigation about her age as a homesteader.
(c) That there is a group who is going to burn Mueller's home.
(d) That Traft is in trouble.

11. Why does Hattie go over to talk to Perilee?
(a) Ask her to let her oldest come stay with Hattie.
(b) Ask her advice.
(c) Tell her about the bear.
(d) Tell her she shot an elk and is willing to share.

12. How old is Hattie when she becomes an orphan?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

13. What does Hattie discuss with Mr. Ebgard?
(a) Finding a hired hand.
(b) Proving her claim.
(c) Her mother's visit before she died.
(d) Provisions she will need.

14. Who is Violet?
(a) Aunt Ivy's sister.
(b) Hattie's mother.
(c) The cow on the ranch in Montana.
(d) The owner of a tavern in Uncle Holt's town.

15. What do Perilee and the children do with Hattie on Sunday?
(a) Gather mushrooms.
(b) Paint pictures.
(c) Have a picnic.
(d) Go to church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hattie write to tell of her move to Montana?

2. What is the new visitor's attitude towards Hattie?

3. What does Hattie tie to the ring on the metal eye on the cabin?

4. When does Hattie's uncle Holt take her into his home?

5. What is Hattie's newest challenge?

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