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

2. Who does Abbie look after in Chapter 27?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Laura.
(c) Grace.
(d) Fred.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Will die?

3. Who volunteers to fight in the conflict in Chapter 24?

4. What does Isabelle announce toward the end of Chapter 24?

5. What forces the children to miss school in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Abbie sell off much of the Deal land in Chapter 25?

2. What does Will assure Abbie of when they talk about death? Where does Will die?

3. What begins in Chapter 24 and how does it affect the Deal family?

4. What group is Will involved with in Chapter 19?

5. Why does John return to Cedartown? Who does he bring with him?

6. How does John feel about running the farm?

7. How does Christine help Abbie in Chapter 20?

8. What is Margaret's response when Abbie offers her her mother's pearls?

9. What do Abbie's children encourage her to do when Abbie reaches her seventies?

10. What does a man bring to dinner in Chapter 16? What does this remind Abbie of?

(see the answer keys)

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