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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 interest does Agatha share with Benjamin?
(a) Books.
(b) Singing.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Dancing.

2. What do Georgie and Agatha make plans to do on Flat Rock?
(a) Watch nesting pigeons.
(b) Watch comets.
(c) Sketch the scenery.
(d) Hunt bears.

3. How does Georgie know that Billy can sew?
(a) Agatha taught Billy to sew.
(b) His mother died when he was eight.
(c) Billy mended her torn dress.
(d) He is from a family of tailors.

4. Who comforts Georgie after she encounters a wild animal near the nesting site?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Billy.
(c) Grandfather Bolte.
(d) Ma.

5. Who is Captain Marcy?
(a) The stationmaster.
(b) Author of a travel guide.
(c) Sheriff Mccabe's boss.
(d) Grandfather Bolte's old navy captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ma ask the sheriff for his knife?

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

3. How long has Georgie's father been missing?

4. What does Georgie clean by the fire?

5. What does Ma do the night Georgie plans to leave home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Georgie fend off the cougar attack?

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

3. Why does Georgie tell Mr. Olmstead about Agatha kissing Billy?

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

5. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

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

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

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

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

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

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