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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound breaks into Hattie's thoughts as she is walking home?
(a) The screech of several jays.
(b) A coyote howl.
(c) Riders.
(d) Wolves howling.

2. What does Hattie insist is hers to do when she is talking with Trask?
(a) Decide when to harvest.
(b) Decide how to run the fencing.
(c) Making mistakes.
(d) Decide what to plant.

3. What news do Hattie and Leafie bring back to the Ren family?
(a) That Elmer will be home within an hour or two.
(b) That Elmer will be released on bail the next day.
(c) That Elmer's trial is set for the next month.
(d) That Elmer will be released on bail within a week.

4. What store does Hattie stop at in town?
(a) Hardware.
(b) Bakery.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Pharmacy.

5. What is Hattie told is the minimal allowable pledge?
(a) 5 dollars.
(b) 50 dollars.
(c) 100 dollars.
(d) 10 dollars.

6. With what is Hattie threatened when she voices her concern about a pledge?
(a) A trip in front of the judge to review her patriotism.
(b) Her name being published in the local newspaper.
(c) Her bank account being seized.
(d) Her homestead approval being turned down.

7. Why does Karl come over to Hattie's home late one night?
(a) To fix her hen house when coyotes break into it.
(b) To ask her to move in with Perilee when he is drafted.
(c) Looking for Leafie.
(d) To tell Hattie the baby is coming.

8. What does Traft want to tell Hattie when she finds him waiting for her?
(a) He will help her make good on her claim.
(b) He knows she cannot make her claim.
(c) His side of the story about the night of the fires.
(d) He has found out who set the fires that killed Mueller's cow.

9. What does the fifteen starts in Charlie's last letter indicate?
(a) Charlie lost fifteen more friends.
(b) Charlie has fifteen days left in his enlistment.
(c) Hattie is not sure what that means.
(d) Charlie will be coming home on the 15th of September.

10. What did Hattie used to think men should do?
(a) Do his duty and register for the draft.
(b) Refuse to register.
(c) Refuse to fight.
(d) Try as much as possible to avoid the draft.

11. What is the situation like when Hattie goes over to the Mueller house?
(a) Perilee is working on the quilt feverishly.
(b) Perilee is very close to delivering.
(c) Chase is very ill.
(d) Mattie is being difficult.

12. Why does Traft help Hattie into the house?
(a) He is a gentleman.
(b) She trips and sprains her ankle.
(c) She trips and sprains her arm.
(d) She faints from the heat.

13. What game is played on Independence Day?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Cricket.
(d) Football.

14. Who is running errands for Karl?
(a) Perilee.
(b) Leafie.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Traft.

15. Who is the "doctor" in the area?
(a) Perilee.
(b) Rose.
(c) Hattie.
(d) Leafie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leafie and Hattie call upon one day?

2. What makes preparing a meal difficult for Hattie?

3. Who does not attend the Independence Day picnic?

4. What does Traft say the person he is harassing must do to demonstrate loyalty to the United States?

5. Why is Elmer Ren arrested?

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