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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of William.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?
(a) The trees.
(b) November evenings.
(c) The Howland estate.
(d) The river.

2. What poetry does the elder Abigail enjoy reading out loud before she leaves for college?
(a) Poe.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Yeats.

3. In the first Book of Abigail, who avoids the porch light?
(a) A screech owl.
(b) The cat.
(c) Moths.
(d) Abigail.

4. When William comes across a still, the whiskey is aging in ______________.
(a) Pine barrel.
(b) Oak kegs.
(c) Copper pot.
(d) Cedar kegs.

5. How many bedrooms does Annie count in the Howland home?
(a) 11.
(b) 22.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Not being pretty...it worries a girl"?

2. Who is surrounded by "tiers of flesh"?

3. At the time of Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason, how long has Oliver worked for William and in what capacity?

4. Who has fallen into a weaving of invisible threads at the beginning of the book?

5. What is Abigail's son's name?

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