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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. Who is the police officer that leads the search party in Chapter 8?
(a) Brian Poe.
(b) Richard Anderson.
(c) Curt Ward.
(d) James Elbert Cutler.

2. Why does Ernt become violent toward Cora in Chapter 9?
(a) Because she was flirting with Tom
(b) Because she let Leni go on a date.
(c) Because she told him she's leaving.
(d) Because she let dinner burn.

3. How old is Leni's mother in Chapter 2?
(a) 26.
(b) 30.
(c) 22.
(d) 35.

4. Who is the author of The Thorn Birds?
(a) John Muir.
(b) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(c) Colleen McCullough.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

5. Where did Leni live with her mother at a commune when Leni's father was in the service?
(a) Texas.
(b) Oregon.
(c) California.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ernst's friend who leaves him his land in Alaska?

2. What has Ernt hunted for dinner on Leni's first day of school in Chapter 5?

3. How is Cora injured in the car accident in Chapter 11?

4. When Natalie Watkins introduces herself in Chapter 4, she says, "You know what they say about finding a man in Alaska" (38). What is her assessment?

5. What kind of lunch box does Leni take to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Ernt's hostility toward Tom in Chapters 5 and 6?

2. How does Ernt behave toward Cora and Leni in the morning after his violent explosion in Chapter 10? How do they respond?

3. Who is Large Marge? What impressions are imparted on the reader regarding her character when she is first introduced?

4. What does Tom announce at the community meeting that he holds at the Kicking Moose Saloon? How does Ernt respond?

5. How does Leni feel about her first day at school in Chapter 5? Why?

6. How is Cora described when she is introduced in the beginning of the novel?

7. Who are the Harlans and what connection do they have to the Allbrights?

8. What are Leni's first impressions of Matthew?

9. Discuss the exchange between Cora and her mother in Chapter 2. What is revealed about these characters through the exchange?

10. How does Ms. Rhodes help guide Leni in helping Matthew in Chapter 10?

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