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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. How many people has Loomis met on his journey?
(a) Less than a dozen.
(b) Two others besides Ann.
(c) Several thousand.
(d) None besides Ann.

2. What does Ann play for Mr. Loomis?
(a) Her clarinet.
(b) Her trumpet.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The piano.

3. What does Loomis think the Creek water could do?
(a) Keep trespassers away.
(b) Generate electricity.
(c) Pollute the pond.
(d) Eventually become harmless.

4. What does the visitor do when he first arrives over a hill and sees the green valley?
(a) He runs forward waving his arms.
(b) He sobs hysterically.
(c) He stands and stares for a few minutes.
(d) He drops to his knees and prays.

5. What does the man notice in Burden Creek?
(a) Large mouth bass.
(b) A lack of animal life in the creek.
(c) Some turtles.
(d) Lots of algae.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Ann been on the morning of the opening of the book?

2. What does Faro point to in the field?

3. What does Ann think Faro will do?

4. What animal ran off after Ann's family went exploring?

5. What does Loomis show Ann in one of her father's books?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ann get the tractor running and what planting decision does she make?

2. Why does Ann decide to go down to the farm yard and what does she discover?

3. Who is the stranger and what was his job before the war?

4. What does Loomis say he was developing before the war?

5. What does the approaching stranger do when he gets halfway across the flat part of the hill overlooking the green valley of Ann's home?

6. Why is Mr. Loomis at Burden Creek when Ann returns from picking greens, and how does he think the Creek can be used?

7. What does Ann hear Loomis saying in his dreams and what does Ann think about what she hears?

8. Why does Ann think someone is coming to her valley?

9. Why does Ann bring Loomis into her home?

10. What is the situation in the valley about the water supply?

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