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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are among the "parade of figures" that Abigail sees in her mind?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

2. Who is Michael Campbell?
(a) William's cousin who is a lawyer.
(b) William's cousin who is a doctor.
(c) William's brother-in-law.
(d) The Madison City postmaster.

3. Who says, "Wind's to the west"?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Annie.
(c) Oliver.
(d) William.

4. What illusion does Abigail have in the first chapter?
(a) Her grandfather is still alive.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is dead.
(d) The house appears as it was.

5. Who says that William's decision to remain a widower is indecent?
(a) Annie, his sister.
(b) Mariah Peters.
(c) Lucy Whittemore.
(d) Abigail, his daughter.

6. What is the eye color of the last William Howland's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

7. Where are the Robertsons rumored to build the latest addition to their business?
(a) Across Providence River.
(b) Near New Church.
(c) Madison City.
(d) Honey Island Swamp.

8. From where did the tomb builder come?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Biloxi.

9. At the time of Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason, how long has Oliver worked for William and in what capacity?
(a) 30 years; handyman/overseer.
(b) 20 years; general servant.
(c) 25 years; handyman/helper/manager.
(d) 35 years; cook/helper.

10. What is a 'painter' as mentioned in the Book of William?
(a) An artist.
(b) A type of slave.
(c) Someone who paints barns.
(d) A bobcat.

11. How did William Marshall Howland die?
(a) Killed in the Civil War.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Murdered by five Indians.

12. Who ran off to a ship at Savannah and disappeared?
(a) An earlier William Howland.
(b) William's nephew.
(c) The landlady's husband.
(d) Lorena's brother.

13. When Abigail is being honest with herself, she find herself wishing that ______________was not alive.
(a) Robert.
(b) Howland.
(c) John, her husband.
(d) Margaret.

14. Who says, "Not being pretty...it worries a girl"?
(a) The younger Abigail.
(b) Annie.
(c) Margaret.
(d) The older Abigail.

15. Who is best man at Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason?
(a) Howland Campbell.
(b) Calvin Robertson.
(c) Rufus Matthews.
(d) Harry Armstrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is William when he thinks that he is old?

2. Why doesn't Abigail want to replace the fence?

3. What are the names of Margaret's children?

4. Why are there no pictures of Lorena Adams Howland?

5. When Abigail was a child, who slept in the great tester bed in the south bedroom?

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