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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Rooster Jim suggest to Hattie?
(a) That she plow in straight lines.
(b) That Plug might appreciate an umbrella, too.
(c) That she get herself a wide-brimmed hat.
(d) That Violet will stop giving milk if she is made to work plowing.

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

5. Who is Perilee Johnson Mueller?
(a) A woman who lives in Montana.
(b) A woman who runs a boarding house in New England.
(c) The next-door neighbor to Uncle Holt.
(d) Hattie's mother's best friend.

6. How does Hattie describe Plug?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Ornery.
(d) Spirited.

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

8. How does Hattie's uncle Holt surprise Hattie?
(a) By sending Hattie fiftenn dollars.
(b) By writing that he wants to come visit.
(c) By writing that his wife has died.
(d) By writing that Charlie was back from the war.

9. What does Hattie give Perilee in thanks?
(a) A book of poems.
(b) A bag of sugar.
(c) A picture.
(d) A bag of coffee.

10. What does Hattie take to the Mueller's?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Plug.
(c) Some garden tools.
(d) Violet.

11. What has Hattie's uncle Holt been doing with her letters?
(a) Giving them to Charlie to read.
(b) Sending them on to Hattie's grandmother in Europe.
(c) Passing them on to the local newspaper.
(d) Sending them on to Hattie's great-aunt in Maine.

12. What does Hattie suggest they do for the new Mueller baby on the way?
(a) Write down the story of the Mueller's life.
(b) Build another room on the Mueller's cabin.
(c) Start a quilt.
(d) Buy a liberty bond for the baby.

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

14. What does Hattie insist for the person(s) who brings Plug home
(a) That she pay them with coffee.
(b) That she pay them with oats.
(c) That she pay them with peppermint sticks.
(d) That the person(s) spends the night to let the storm abate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Hattie feel she'll be before she is finished plowing?

2. Why do Chase and Mattie run past Hattie's house without stopping one day?

3. At what does Hattie marvel?

4. Why does Leafie do when she observes who is with the cow?

5. Who is Plug?

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