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

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

3. How does Abbie respond to John's dream?
(a) She puts John down.
(b) She encourages John.
(c) She laughs at John.
(d) She tells John to put his dreams on hold.

4. What does a man bring to dinner in Chapter 16?
(a) A radio.
(b) A New York newspaper.
(c) A lantern.
(d) A violin.

5. Where does Mack go when his is seventeen?
(a) Des Moines.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margaret do to pass her time?

2. How long does Grandma Deal live after moving in with Abbie?

3. What does Abbie write in Chapter 22?

4. Who is Mack married to?

5. What does the group Will belong to in Chapter 19 accomplish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emotions does Abbie feel after the death of her son?

2. How does Christine help Abbie in Chapter 20?

3. Why do the Deal children miss school in Chapter 17? What does Abbie have them do?

4. How does John feel about running the farm?

5. What amuses Abbie about Eloise's parenting?

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

7. What happens in the Deals' lives in 1880?

8. What does Mack do when he is seventeen years old?

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

10. When planning a party for Abbie, what is Grace shocked by?

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