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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is like "stain on a sponge"?

2. What had William hunted as a boy for a quarter for each skin?

3. What is Lorena diagnosed with three days after giving birth to a son?

4. Where does William's daughter go to college?

5. From where did the tomb builder come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the still that William eventually finds.

2. What is Abigail's reasoning for watering the geraniums so late in the season?

3. What delays William's trip into the swamp to find the Robertson's liquor still?

4. How is the content of "The Keepers of the House" organized?

5. What does William Howland do for amusement while living in Atlanta?

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

7. Describe Abigail, William's daughter, as a child.

8. Describe the Howland tomb and its eventual use.

9. Explain the term Freejack.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Margaret defers to Ramona, another servant, by accepting the worst of the bedding and addressing her with "Yes'm."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss ways that this book may be view as dated. Be certain to address belief systems and attitudes. Is there anything that still rings true today?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the mood of the writing between the Book of William and the Book of Margaret.

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