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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 woman described in Chapter 31 that married her husband's brother after his death and then regretted it?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Elise Traynor.
(c) Jane Ellis.
(d) Betsy Baron.

2. What did Mrs. Tessenbaum do for many years after she was convinced she was manifesting in lingerie?
(a) She sang.
(b) She screamed endlessly.
(c) She wept.
(d) She hid behind a tree.

3. How old was the narrator's bride in Chapter 1 when they married?
(a) 29.
(b) 22.
(c) 32.
(d) 18.

4. Who does Betsy Baron recall leaving at the Parade Ground in Chapter 27?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Roger.
(c) Little Eddie.
(d) Little Joey.

5. Who wrote Reveille in Washington, 1860–1865?
(a) Rose Milland.
(b) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(c) Ben Wade.
(d) Margaret Leech.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Roger Bevins III say that Russo stayed in the bardo after she was taken in her sixth year?

2. How much money does Mrs. Abigail Blass claim he has in gold coin in an upstairs room in Chapter 27?

3. Who wrote Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man?

4. How many horses does Lieutenant Cecil Stone claim to have in Chapter 27?

5. How many goats does Lieutenant Cecil Stone claim to have in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Flanders Quinn and how is he described?

2. What does Abraham Lincoln do when he enters the mausoleum in Chapter 16?

3. How does Hans Vollman describe his death in Chapter 1?

4. What does Lieutenant Cecil Stone describe of his life in Chapter 26?

5. How is the appearance of Hans Vollman described in Chapter 9?

6. How is Mrs. Delaney's plight described in Chapter 31?

7. What is the inciting incident that transitions the plot to rising action?

8. What does the tendril that wraps Willie symbolic of?

9. How is the appearance of the Reverend Everly Thomas described in Chapter 9?

10. What are some examples of cited excerpts included in Chapters 3 and 4? What information do they relate?

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