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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. What did Sheriff McCabe find in Dog Hollow?
(a) A decayed male body.
(b) A decayed female body.
(c) A counterfeit ring.
(d) A green ball gown.

2. Why do the pigeons return in greater numbers during odd numbered years?
(a) They only migrate every other year.
(b) Their favorite oaks drop acorns every other year.
(c) The wind shifts from the north to the south.
(d) No one knows.

3. Where did Georgie sleep the first night away from home?
(a) In a barn.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) In a lean-to.
(d) In a church.

4. Why does Grandfather Bolte refuse to give Agatha tuition money for University?
(a) He is afraid to have her move so far away.
(b) He thinks she should pay her own way.
(c) He thinks she should find a husband in her own hometown.
(d) He wants her to wait another year.

5. Whom does Polly Barfod want to marry?
(a) Sheriff McCabe.
(b) Billy McCabe.
(c) Benjamin Olmstead.
(d) The pigioner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Georgie leave the house the night she leaves home?

2. Who asks Grandfather Bolte's permission to court Agatha while hunting pigeons?

3. What type of bird does Georgie study in the massive book that lay open in Mr. Olmstead's library?

4. How many days pass before Agatha's family becomes concerned about her disappearance?

5. What is the significance of Wednesday, June 7, 1871?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Georgie seek to make her Grandfather happy?

2. What does Agatha's story about the old Seneca man symbolize?

3. How does Grandfather Bolte express compassion towards Georgie during the funeral?

4. How does Long Ears' behavior foreshadow the arrival of the cougar?

5. Why does Georgie consider her five Bechtler dollars to be worth twenty dollars?

6. What does Georgie notice about the feathers in the pigeoners camp?

7. What is the significance of Georgie's statement that she wishes Billy McCabe was only "a block of carved wood"?

8. What type of "horse" does Billy loan to Georgie and how does he force himself on her journey?

9. How does Georgie feel about Agatha's relationship with Mr. Olmstead?

10. Why does Agatha step into the migrating flock of pigeons and spin?

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