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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. Why does Georgie expect Agatha to reject Mr. Olmstead's proposal?
(a) She doesn't expect Agatha to marry.
(b) She thinks Mr. Olmstead is too old for Agatha.
(c) She knows Agatha wants to go away to school.
(d) She thinks Agatha loves Billy.

2. Why does Ma ask the sheriff for his knife?
(a) To cut a scrap of fabric from Agatha's ball gown.
(b) To cut the ropes binding Agatha's body.
(c) To cut off a lock of Agatha's hair.
(d) To attack Agatha's killer.

3. Why doesn't Gerogie want Agatha to marry Billy?
(a) Georgie wants Agatha to go to University.
(b) Georgie wants Agatha to marry Benjamin.
(c) Billy wants to homestead in Minnesota.
(d) Georgie is afraid of Billy.

4. What wild animal confronts Georgie near the nesting site?
(a) A bear.
(b) A cougar.
(c) A snake.
(d) A coyote.

5. What does Grandfather Bolte buy the night of February 28th, 1871?
(a) Barrels.
(b) A new coat.
(c) A mule.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Georgie know that Billy can sew?

2. What does Ma carry during Agatha's funeral?

3. Who is Frederick?

4. Who shoots at the wild animal Georgie encounters near the nesting site?

5. Whom does Polly Barfod want to marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Georgie feel about Agatha's relationship with Billy?

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

3. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

4. What is the significance of Billy's nickname for Georgie?

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

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

7. Why does Georgie shoot gin bottles down by the river?

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

9. Why does Grandfather Bolte refuse to give his permission for Agatha to go to the University of Wisconsin?

10. What makes Georgie question the validity of her sister's funeral?

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