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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Call Luther's family do for a living?
(a) Own a store.
(b) Run a bed and breakfast.
(c) Sharecroppers.
(d) Servants.

2. Romey says what about the burial on the way back home?
(a) Mary Call made the wrong choice.
(b) It was not ever going to be good enough.
(c) The burial made him angry.
(d) That he thinks it was decent.

3. What does Mary Call tell the children about Kiser Pease's warning?
(a) He said freedom comes at a price.
(b) He said they were doomed.
(c) He wished them bad luck.
(d) He warned them not to take help from the county.

4. What is the name of Mary Call's mother?
(a) Ima Dean Luther.
(b) Goldie.
(c) Cosby Luther.
(d) Devola Luther.

5. Who is the oldest sister in the Luther family?
(a) Ima Dean.
(b) Devola.
(c) Mary Call.
(d) Goldie.

6. Mary Call has promised not to take Roy Luther where after his death?
(a) To the backyard.
(b) To an undertaker.
(c) To his mother's plot.
(d) To the mountain.

7. What do the Luthers use the money from the goldenseal for in Chapter 5?
(a) A book.
(b) Supplies and drinks for Romey and Ima Dean.
(c) A present for their father.
(d) A car.

8. What does Kiser Pease give Devola in Chapter 7?
(a) A flower.
(b) A pig.
(c) A horse.
(d) A ring.

9. In Chapter 7, Mary Call contemplates what for the first time in the novel?
(a) Telling someone her father is dead.
(b) Marrying Kiser Pease.
(c) Leaving her siblings to the county and leaving.
(d) Selling the house.

10. What does Romey tell Mr. Connell he will do if he encounters snakes?
(a) Proceed cautiously.
(b) Kick them in the behind.
(c) Run away.
(d) Catch them with a net.

11. What do the Luthers discover about wildcrafting?
(a) They are really bad at it.
(b) It is harder than they thought.
(c) It is easier than they thought.
(d) They are really good at it.

12. What happens when Mary Call wraps Kiser in the onions?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He has a heart attack.
(c) He begins to sweat.
(d) He gets sad.

13. What does Mary Call tell Roy Luther in Chapter 5 before he dies?
(a) That she is scared.
(b) That they are all going to be fine so he should not worry.
(c) That the Connells are coming to visit.
(d) That she needs him to stay alive.

14. What do the children think about her wildcrafting idea?
(a) They all begin to clap.
(b) Romey begins to cry.
(c) Romey wonders why they haven't done it before.
(d) Ima Dean gets angry.

15. Who does Mary Call tell not to listen at the door when Kiser is in with Roy Luther?
(a) Devola.
(b) Mr. Connell.
(c) Romey.
(d) Ima Dean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "wild gold"?

2. What does Kiser Pease rant about when he is sick and Mary is taking care of him?

3. What does Devola dream about buying with the money from wildcrafting?

4. When he is sick, who does Kiser mistake Mary Call for?

5. Who is excited about the Luther's wildcrafting?

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