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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ accuses Ginny and Rose of taking advantage of Larry, though he was the one who decided who to give the farm to.
(a) Harold
(b) Caroline
(c) Jess
(d) Loren

2. Where would this new operation in #64 be situated once the loans and paperwork were in order?
(a) Chicken coop
(b) Dairy barn
(c) A newly tilled field
(d) Abandoned house

3. Pammy tells Ginny that Rose left instructions not to let _________ into their house if no other adults were present.
(a) Loren
(b) Harold
(c) Jess
(d) Larry

4. Jess says that Ginny doesn't have children because there are ___________ in the well water at the farm.
(a) Nitrites
(b) Antidepressants
(c) Barbituates
(d) Vitamins

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

6. What does Rose exclaim she wants to eat when she is out on her fancy dinner of celebration?
(a) Meat
(b) Bread
(c) Chocolate
(d) Potatoes

7. What is the task Ginny is trying to accomplish, one that takes her until noon that morning?
(a) Dusting
(b) Polishing the wood
(c) Washing dishes
(d) Cleaning carpets

8. What had Ty's father died from?
(a) Stroke
(b) Cancer
(c) Heart attack
(d) He's still alive

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

10. ___________ is currently cooking three meals a day for three households.
(a) Ginny
(b) Larry
(c) Jess
(d) Rose

11. The women from the ___________ had taken everything away from the home of Ginny and Rose after their mother had died.
(a) Next door farm
(b) Convent
(c) Lutheran church
(d) Farm supply store

12. How many land purchases were made in 1939, the year after Ginny's grandmother died, helping to make the farm even larger?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c)
(d) 3

13. What was the name of the home kit model that John Cook and his new wife Edith bought years after the grandparents drained their land?
(a) Chelsea
(b) Proper
(c) Brown
(d) Ericson

14. __________ is complaining about the new red air conditioned Harvester tractor that was recently purchased.
(a) Jess
(b) Harold
(c) Loren
(d) Larry

15. What do Rose and Ginny decide to do because the doctor appointment goes so well?
(a) Go shopping
(b) Go home early
(c) Go to the zoo
(d) Go to a bar

Short Answer Questions

1. Larry is whining to everyone at the picnic instead of waiting for people to talk to him, mostly about the conditions at the _________.

2. What did Larry do to the Ericson farm right after his wife died?

3. Who bought the air-conditioned International Harvester tractor in a bright red color, which annoyed Larry?

4. Who does Ginny suddenly find to be quite charming, even though she hadn't thought this before?

5. What does Ginny imagine in the middle of her own pickup when she goes to get inside of the truck?

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