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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jess' father decided to take the day off from ____________ planting to host the pig roast for his son.
(a) Wheat
(b) Corn
(c) Lettuce
(d) Spring bean

2. Ginny takes her nieces, Pammy and Linda, to the __________ swimming pool on a hot and windy Friday in June.
(a) Pike
(b) Zebulon
(c) Farm
(d) County

3. Ginny wonders why the musically talented Pete married Rose, and it seemed the only thing the two had in common was ___________.
(a) Farming
(b) Love of books
(c) A child
(d) Drinking

4. Who drives to Cabot to talk to Henry Dodge, though she bolts from his office as soon as he appears, without talking to him?
(a) Francine
(b) Rose
(c) Caroline
(d) Ginny

5. Henry Dodge is a ___________ minister who is always giving sermons which will appeal to the farmers.
(a) Baptist
(b) Catholic
(c) Pentecostal
(d) Lutheran

6. Pammy and Linda decide to play with each other in another part of ________ house as the parents are playing a game.
(a) Ginny's
(b) Larry's
(c) Rose's
(d) Harold's

7. Ginny cannot think of ________ without thinking of her room, which she cannot think of without thinking of her father.
(a) Caroline
(b) Her mother
(c) Rose
(d) Jess

8. What kind of plants seem to be fine, even though Ginny and Ty's relationship seems broken?
(a) Corn
(b) Green bean
(c) Tomato
(d) Pumpkin

9. What is the name of the road that Country Road 686 intersects with, according to the narrator?
(a) Farm
(b) River
(c) Peave
(d) Cabot

10. After Ginny finally falls asleep, she wakes up to Jess telling her that Larry is at ____________.
(a) Rose's
(b) Loren's
(c) Harold's
(d) The jail

11. Larry announces a plan to form a corporation with the farm, giving each of his daughters __________ of the ownership of the farm.
(a) One third
(b) One fifth
(c) One tenth
(d) One half

12. Which doctor appointment does Ginny drive Rose to on a Thursday as Rose cannot go by herself?
(a) Oncologist
(b) Eye
(c) Heart
(d) Dentist

13. Rose announces she has already fed Larry and that he was ________ because they allowed it.
(a) Rigid
(b) Crazy
(c) Abusive
(d) Happy

14. Larry and his other lawyer, ___________, are suing to get the farm back from Rose and Ginny and the others.
(a) Marv
(b) Joseph
(c) Caroline
(d) Terrence

15. Larry purchases new ______________ he doesn't need and leaves them outside where they get ruined by the rain.
(a) Pillows
(b) Kitchen cabinets
(c) Tractors
(d) Sheets

Short Answer Questions

1. Ginny allows herself to feel a little _________ by the rigidity of Larry's eating schedule during the breakfast time.

2. Thinking that runners like __________, Ginny decides to wait in her tomato garden for Jess to come by again.

3. Jess is thrilled about the idea of a farm, but admits he has difficulty _____________ so he might not want the farm.

4. Ginny's mother had not been afraid of _________, but afraid of the life her daughters would lead after that happened.

5. What does Rose exclaim she wants to eat when she is out on her fancy dinner of celebration?

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