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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. How many days of rain caused Sam's dam to wash out?

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

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

4. When is Frightful confiscated by a conservation officer?

5. When did Sam get his waterwheel in place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a plumping mill?

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

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

4. Who is Bando?

5. Where does Sam think Alice might be in Part I?

6. What will Longbridge do with Frightful?

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

8. What does Frightful look like?

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

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

Frightful could have been killed or captured by the conservation officer. How did Frightful escape the poachers? How did Alice happen to be in the clearing and to get away undetected? Why wasn't she taken by the conservation officer?

Essay Topic 2

Alice takes a pig with her on her journey. Why does it seem to be a bad idea at first that Alice is dragging a pig along on her trip? Why will the pig actually prove useful?

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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