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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 readers are Tansy and Little Britches laying out when Glenn joins the students in Chapter 10?
(a) Primer, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
(b) Primer, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
(c) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.
(d) 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

2. In Chapter 15, how high do the students know their multiplication tables?
(a) Up to 9.
(b) Up to 10.
(c) Up to 12.
(d) Up to 8.

3. What does Glenn Tarbox ask Russell to get when J.W. gets into trouble with an animal?
(a) Stick 3 or 4 inches long.
(b) Water.
(c) Rag.
(d) Stick 6 inches long.

4. What does Flopears use to pump water into to put out the privy fire?
(a) A bowl.
(b) A pail.
(c) His hat.
(d) His shoe.

5. What is the salary for the threshing season in the Dakotas?
(a) $17 a week.
(b) $22 a week.
(c) $14 a week.
(d) $26 a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene Hammond include with the bust?

2. Who accidentally throws a ball and hits Charlie?

3. After the accident with the Culver's wagon, where did Eugene Hammond drive?

4. What snake is in Tansy's drawer in Chapter 11?

5. On butchering day, what time do neighbors start coming up the lane to the Culvers' place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tansy tell Russell to do for J.W. when they get home and why?

2. Why might there be students in their 20s at a one-room school like Hominy Ridge?

3. Where is Glenn living in Chapter 15 and why?

4. How is Aunt Fanny Hamline gotten out of the ditch at the school?

5. How does Tansy soothe Little Britches when she opens a drawer in Tansy's desk and finds a snake?

6. Why does Aunt Fanny Hamline come to the school, and how does she get hurt?

7. What is going on when Russell, his father, and Lloyd come to the house and hear music?

8. What plans does Russell make for him and Charlie to go to the Dakotas?

9. What does Tansy do when Charlie and Glenn start fighting?

10. How does Little Britches help Tansy with Spelling School and learn her letters?

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