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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 do people clean muddy shoes on at the Howland home?
(a) Uses a stick to get the mud out.
(b) Boot scraper shaped like two rabbits.
(c) Rinses off with well water.
(d) Cleans them in the river.

2. How does William honor his daughter after death in Wade County?
(a) He builds a new church building.
(b) A memorial at the church.
(c) A memorial dinner at the house.
(d) Gives a stained glass window to the Methodist church.

3. Which child receives the most affection from Margaret and William?
(a) Crissy.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Robert.
(d) Nina.

4. Who tells Margaret about her father and how her parents met?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her great-grandmother.
(d) A cousin.

5. How old is Margaret when she learns the story of her father?
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Abigail expelled from college?

2. Whose job is it to water the garden in Margaret's family?

3. Oliver lived with his sister by a big spring. What was the name of the spring?

4. What career does Robert have, and where is his first job?

5. Who is Robert Stokes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long does the great-grandmother's funeral last?

2. What does Margaret take with her when she moves from New Church to the Howland estate?

3. What does Abigail remember about Robert as a child?

4. Describe the Howland kitchen.

5. Explain why the townspeople are angry at the grandfather for not bringing his daughter's body home for burial from Santa Fe?

6. What does Margaret's first bedroom at the Howland home look like?

7. How did Margaret's parents meet?

8. Describe the only act of affection between her grandfather and Margaret that Abigail witnesses.

9. Describe Somerset County.

10. How does Margaret know that spring has come in the Book of Margaret?

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