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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hattie write for her article in Honyocker's Homily?
(a) A homily about patchwork quilts.
(b) That the Patriotic league is sponsering the Mueller family.
(c) That Plug has several different jobs.
(d) That she is able to plant seeds.

2. How many children do Perilee and Karl bring when they pick up Hattie?
(a) 6.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

4. What does Rooster Jim offer to do as he is riding by one day?
(a) Fix the barn roof.
(b) Mail Hattie's letters.
(c) Show her how to set a fence post.
(d) Show her the boundaries of her property.

5. Who gives Hattie Mr. Whiskers?
(a) Hattie found the cat herself.
(b) Charlie Hawley.
(c) Uncle Holt.
(d) Mrs. Mueller.

6. At what does Hattie marvel?
(a) Karl and Perilee's generosity.
(b) The huge Montana sky.
(c) The patience of Plug.
(d) The orneriness of Violet.

7. 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 a group who is going to burn Mueller's home.
(c) That Traft is in trouble.
(d) That there is an ongoing investigation about her age as a homesteader.

8. Who does Hattie write to tell of her move to Montana?
(a) A good friend from the last place she lived.
(b) Charlie.
(c) No one.
(d) Her elderly great aunt.

9. With what does Mrs. Martin threaten Hattie?
(a) Ex-communication.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The Council of Defense.
(d) No more invitations to the knitting circle.

10. What is Hattie's uncle Holt's actual relationship to Hattie?
(a) A close friend of Hattie's father.
(b) A distant cousin.
(c) A first cousin.
(d) A close friend of Hattie's grandmother.

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

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

13. What does Hattie tie to the ring on the metal eye on the cabin?
(a) A flag.
(b) A dead snake.
(c) A lantern.
(d) A rope.

14. What is Hattie's newest challenge?
(a) Finding a bull to breed with Violet.
(b) Keeping the garden from being overrun with jack rabbits.
(c) Keeping the coyotes away from the chickens.
(d) Fence building.

15. What does Hattie find when she arrives home?
(a) Her cow is ill.
(b) Another note from an unknown person.
(c) A hay bale is smoldering.
(d) A note from her best friend back in Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rooster Jim suggest to Hattie?

2. Where does Traft offer to take Hattie?

3. What happens to Violet's tail?

4. What month is coming up shortly?

5. What does Mr. Saboe announce at dinner?

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