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

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

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

4. What does Grace refuse to do in her life?
(a) Move out of state.
(b) Have children.
(c) Invest in the stock market.
(d) Get married.

5. What money is used to buy the piano?
(a) The money that came from Will's savings bonds.
(b) The money Grandma Deal won from gambling.
(c) The money Doc Matthews paid for Will to go to war.
(d) The money Mack sent his grandmother for her birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John start to do in Chapter 21?

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

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

4. In what year does Grace finish college?

5. How does John feel about taking over for his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why doesn't Abbie accept Grace's invitation to visit Scotland and Ireland?

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

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

6. In Chapter 19, where does Abbie plan to go? Why does she postpone her trip?

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

8. What does Oscar Lutz say about Will in Chapter 25

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

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

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