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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attends Eugene's graduation from the university?
(a) Laura
(b) None of his family
(c) Luke and Helen
(d) Both of his parents

2. How much does Eugene weigh when he enters college?
(a) About 180
(b) About 230
(c) About 130
(d) About 280

3. Who is especially sad to see Eugene go off to college?
(a) the Leonards
(b) Eliza
(c) Gant
(d) Helen

4. Who comes to visit Ben at Easter?
(a) Eugene
(b) Luke
(c) Gant
(d) Eliza

5. As long as Ben is conscious what will he not allow?
(a) Anyone to cry
(b) Gant to drink
(c) Eliza to enter the room
(d) Eugene to see him so sick

6. Why does Laura leave the boarding house?
(a) To go home for July 4th
(b) She and Eugene have a fight
(c) To have a baby
(d) Her father is dying

7. What disease is spreading through Altamont, killing many?
(a) The flu
(b) Cholera
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Typhoid

8. What seems to be moving around in the shop?
(a) Ghosts
(b) Angels
(c) The walls
(d) Rodents

9. What is the result of Eugene and Laura's relationship?
(a) She decides he is too young for her
(b) She gets pregnant
(c) He cannot perform sexually
(d) They get married

10. Why does Gant travel to Baltimore?
(a) To face criminal charges
(b) For more medical treatment
(c) To see his homeplace
(d) To visit Steve and his wife

11. What is going to happen to the shop?
(a) It will reopen with Luke running it
(b) It will become a shrine to Ben
(c) It will soon be sold
(d) It will be replaced by a skyscraper

12. What does Eliza do during Ben's final two days?
(a) She goes to visit Daisy
(b) She stays at the church
(c) She won't go in his room
(d) She sits with him

13. Who meets Eugene when he arrives?
(a) Gant and Ben
(b) Eliza and Laura
(c) Luke and Hugh
(d) Helen and Daisy

14. Who ends up making sure that Gant has at least a little care?
(a) Eugene
(b) Eliza
(c) Helen
(d) Luke

15. What world event happens during Part 3 Chapter 29?
(a) The US declares war on Russia
(b) The US declares war on Germany
(c) The US declares war on England
(d) The US declares war on Canada

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eugene travel back to Altamont?

2. Why does Eugene not go off to war?

3. In Part 3, Chapter 36 what important event has happened?

4. Why does Gant have surgery?

5. Who helps Eugene out at Christmas time?

(see the answer keys)

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