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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. What is Abigail's son's name?
(a) Willie.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Eddie.

2. What had William hunted as a boy for a quarter for each skin?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Fox.
(d) Coons.

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

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

5. What is trainasse?
(a) Creole name for narrow tunnels in a marsh.
(b) Cajun name for swamp water.
(c) An animal found in the swamp.
(d) Cajun name for the marsh.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Michael Campbell?

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

3. In what direction has the sun set at the beginning of "The Keepers of the House"?

4. What does the owl have for supper in the first Book of Abigail?

5. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memories does Abigail think of after she thinks the owl flies over the river?

2. What caused the "ugly smears" in the sky in October in the first section?

3. Immediately after Lorena's death, what plants does William notice?

4. Describe Lorena Adams.

5. How does William live his life after the death of his wife and son?

6. Describe the Howland tomb and its eventual use.

7. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail remember of being a child in this house?

8. What is the appearance of the front yard in the first section/chapter?

9. Describe the land that William Marshall Howland claims.

10. What are Abigail's younger children doing as she stands on the porch?

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