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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Abbie decide to visit in Chapter 19?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Christine.
(d) Her mother.

2. Where does Will die?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) In the farmyard.
(c) In his truck.
(d) In his easy chair.

3. Who has a child in Chapter 27?
(a) Mack and his wife.
(b) John and his wife.
(c) Margaret and her husband.
(d) Isabelle and her husband.

4. What does Will buy for his daughter in Chapter 19?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A piano.
(c) An organ.
(d) A violin.

5. How old is Abbie in Chapter 19?
(a) Thirty-six.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Forty-one.
(d) Thirty-nine.

6. What begins in Chapter 28?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) The Philippine-American War.
(c) The Mexican-American War..
(d) World War I.

7. How does Abbie feel when she returns to Nebraska?
(a) Happy.
(b) Burdened.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Regretful.

8. Where does John go in Chapter 24?
(a) South America.
(b) England.
(c) The Arctic Circle.
(d) Africa.

9. How are Abbie's friends best described?
(a) As salt-of-the-earth.
(b) As sophisticated.
(c) As snobbish.
(d) As bumpkins.

10. What does Isabelle announce toward the end of Chapter 24?
(a) That she is moving abroad.
(b) That she will not have children.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is getting married.

11. What does Abbie name the child she has in Chapter 16?
(a) Basil.
(b) John.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Grace.

12. What does John start to do in Chapter 21?
(a) Chores on the farm.
(b) Make plans to move abroad.
(c) Work on the community council.
(d) Study music.

13. In what year does Grace finish college?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1909.

14. Where does Eloise get parenting advice?
(a) Books.
(b) Radio programs.
(c) Eloise's mother.
(d) From Abbie.

15. Which of Abbie's children invite her on a trip in Chapter 28?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Mack.
(c) Grace.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Abbie's children want her to live with them?

2. Why does Abbie go to Omaha in Chapter 23?

3. What does Grace refuse to do in her life?

4. What does a man bring to dinner in Chapter 16?

5. What does Will do in 1880?

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