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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 did Sam sit on before he built his lounging chair?

2. How many notes does Sam whistle for Frightful's name in her language?

3. Where does Bando teach?

4. What type of house does Alice have?

5. What color is Bando's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will Longbridge do with Frightful?

2. What is Adirondack furniture?

3. What does Frightful look like?

4. Why does Sam decide that he can't raise pheasant and quail for meat?

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

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

7. Why doesn't Sam want electricity?

8. What progression did Sam go through to get comfortable seating in his home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Sam realizes that it is not Leon Longbridge who took Frightful. How does Sam realize that Longbridge didn't take Frightful? What does that discovery mean about Frightful's safety?

Essay Topic 3

Bando is tired and gets a meal at a restaurant and stays at a hotel. Why is Bando so tired? Why does he begin to take opportunities to eat at restaurants and stay in towns rather than trekking through the woods.

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