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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 does Sarah say is incredible about her new house with Jimmy?
(a) The hen house.
(b) The bed.
(c) The front porch.
(d) The kitchen.

2. Why is the man who performs Albert's marriage ceremony chosen?
(a) There is nobody else.
(b) There is no charge to use him.
(c) He is a neutral party.
(d) He is Albert's father's friend.

3. What does Sarah have to protect her chicken coop from?
(a) Rain.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Foxes.

4. Which Maldanado child dies of the disease?
(a) Popo.
(b) Toto.
(c) Gogo.
(d) Yoyo.

5. Why does Sarah not wear the color sunbonnet she has always wanted to?
(a) Her father liked her in a certain color.
(b) She gets hand-me-downs from her sister.
(c) She does not have the money.
(d) She tries to please her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal does Jimmy make for Sarah when she comes to tell him about the baby?

2. What does Captain Elliot do during the Indian attack?

3. What does Jimmy have to build on to his house after he and Sarah are married?

4. Who performs the marriage ceremony for Albert and Savannah?

5. What does Sarah call the Mormon women in the wagon train?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jimmy do just before he dies?

2. What does Sarah say about her baby on her first Christmas?

3. What does Sarah do when she is killing a chicken?

4. What is Sarah's biggest hope about her move to San Angelo?

5. What has someone been doing to help ease Sarah's burdens while with the wagon train?

6. What does Sarah use to write out this history?

7. What does Savannah say about pretty dresses, and how does this make Sarah feel?

8. How does Sarah feel when Ernest and Captain Elliot leave the family?

9. What does Albert announce shortly after arriving in San Angelo?

10. Why does Mama say Sarah had such a hard time recovering after having her daughter?

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