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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mack's personality like?
(a) Outgoing.
(b) Timid.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Sullen.

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

3. What is Eloise's surname?
(a) Wentworth.
(b) O'Connor.
(c) Lutz.
(d) Fredericks.

4. How long does Grandma Deal live after moving in with Abbie?
(a) Five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

5. What forces the children to miss school in Chapter 17?
(a) Measles.
(b) Work to be done on the farm.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Winter storms.

6. Where do Abbie's children encourage her to move to when Grace finishes high school?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Grand Island.
(c) Bellevue.
(d) Omaha.

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

8. What do Abbie and John discuss in Chapter 21?
(a) Whether Abbie should take singing lessons.
(b) What they would do if either of them died.
(c) Funeral arrangements for Abbie's mother.
(d) Whether they should move back to Iowa.

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

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

11. What does Will do in 1880?
(a) Fences in the Deal farm.
(b) Digs a cellar.
(c) Buys two cows.
(d) Builds a barn.

12. What kind of school does Margaret's son attend?
(a) Art school.
(b) Medical school.
(c) Law school.
(d) Military school.

13. What does Margaret do to pass her time?
(a) Writes.
(b) Creates art.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Sews.

14. What do Abbie's children encourage her to do in Chapter 27?
(a) Sell her house.
(b) Write her life story.
(c) Perform in a local concert.
(d) Go on a trip.

15. How old is Grace in Chapter 28?
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Twenty-six.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abbie's child want to take Abbie on a trip in Chapter 28?

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

3. What does Abbie name her daughter in Chapter 20?

4. Which of Abbie's children invite her on a trip in Chapter 28?

5. Which of Abbie's children gets engaged in Chapter 20?

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