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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. How big of a pond does Sam want to create for a water mill?
(a) Quarter acre.
(b) Half acre.
(c) Third of an acre.
(d) Acre.

2. What does Sam us to make his candles?
(a) Tallow.
(b) Deer fat.
(c) Bear fat.
(d) Lard.

3. In Part 5, who does Sam think is getting into the root cellar?
(a) A fox.
(b) Baron Weasel.
(c) Jessie Coon James.
(d) A squirrel.

4. What is inside Alice's hat for warmth?
(a) Rabbit fur.
(b) Badger fur.
(c) Fox skin.
(d) Deer skin.

5. How big is the pond created by Sam's new dam?
(a) 1/2 acre.
(b) 1/8 acre.
(c) 1/4 acre.
(d) 3/4 acre.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the horse a merchant took because Mrs. Strawberry hadn't paid a bill?

2. What does Sam call the fast stream that cascades down the south face of the mountain range where he lives?

3. When did Sam's dam wash out?

4. Who helps Sam fell the tree for the sluice of the millhouse?

5. According to Mrs. Strawberry, what is the best crop to grow in the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Zella like the cabin Bando purchased?

2. What does Frightful look like?

3. How did Sam fell the big hemlock for the sluice?

4. Why did Sam's family come to the mountain last year and then leave?

5. How long did Sam's father think Alice would stay on the mountain?

6. How did Sam and Alice learn to build a dam that doesn't wash out?

7. Who comes to the mountain and takes Frightful and why?

8. What is a plumping mill?

9. What did Sam and Alice do on Christmas day last year?

10. How does Sam describe the June morning at the beginning of Part 1?

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