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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 type of automobile nearly runs down the Culvers when they are driving home from the funeral?
(a) Ford.
(b) Oldsmobile.
(c) Winton Racing car.
(d) Bullet No. 2.

2. Where does Aunt Maud live?
(a) With the Culvers.
(b) Old Wilson home place where she grew up.
(c) In a house on the Culver's property.
(d) Old Singleterry home place where she grew up.

3. Where does the train the Case Special come from?
(a) Bloomington, Minnesota.
(b) Racine, Wisconsin.
(c) St. Cloud, Minnesota.
(d) Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

4. Where was Miss Arbuckle from?
(a) Shelbyville.
(b) Cedar Lake.
(c) Crawfordsville.
(d) Huntington.

5. Who plays the piano for Miss Arbuckle's funeral?
(a) Mildred Gruber.
(b) Minerva Wallner.
(c) Gertrude Baumgartner.
(d) Imogene Lustbader.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much can the school board pay Tansy to teach?

2. Where do Russell and Lloyd live?

3. Where does Aunt Maud land when the horses are spooked coming home from the funeral?

4. How many students graduated last spring?

5. What song is played as the Case Special goes by and Uncle Sam unfolds himself out of the caboose?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the first schoolhouse like in the community?

2. What does Tansy take out of the coffin and why?

3. What happens when the Culvers are driving home from the funeral?

4. Why does Russell think the board hires Tansy rather than a teacher trained at the Terre Haute normal school?

5. Who does Preacher Parr think was the death of Miss Arbuckle?

6. How does Russell scare Lloyd during their camping trip?

7. What does Tansy pack for the boys camping trip at the creek?

8. Who is Eugene Hammond associated with?

9. What does Russell smell for breakfast in Chapter 7, and why is that unusual?

10. How does Russell describe the way his father is dressed for Miss Arbuckle's funeral?

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