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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sam decide to fix for supper in Part 5?

2. Who gave Sam his leather-bound journal last summer?

3. Last year what nuts were in poor supply?

4. What month is it at the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. Who was the only guest for Christmas dinner last year?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alice design her tree house when she first came to live on the mountain?

2. What might be a solution to Sam's problem of how to get meat now that Frightful is gone?

3. What is Adirondack furniture?

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

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

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

7. What is a plumping mill?

8. Why does Alice want electricity?

9. What is a watermill and why did Sam decide to build one shortly after Alice decided to stay on the mountain?

10. Why doesn't Sam allow Alice to edge all the paths with stones?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Sam and Alice have plans for how to replace Frightful. What is Alice's plan? What is Sam's? Are they complementary?

Essay Topic 2

Sam is devastated when Frightful is taken. Why is Sam so devastated when Frightful is taken away? Why is she such an important part of his life?

Essay Topic 3

Sam can tell when they leave the Catskills and enter the Helderbergs. How can Sam tell when he leaves one mountain range and enters another? How does it make a difference in his hiking plans and in his search for Alice?

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