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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For years, Ty has wanted to double the farm's _________ operation, even though Larry did not agree with him.
(a) Hog
(b) Chicken
(c) Lettuce
(d) Corn

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

5. Who is the narrator of the story who begins the story by describing the setting where they grew up?
(a) Ginny
(b) Rose
(c) Larry
(d) Caroline

6. What was wrong with the farmland when Ginny's grandparents arrived in the United States?
(a) It was a swamp
(b) It didn't exist
(c) It was too small
(d) It was a desert

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

8. Who upends the Monopoly game in Pete's lap when she hears the news of the unknown wedding?
(a) Jess
(b) Rose
(c) Caroline
(d) Ginny

9. After the papers for the farm are signed, who decides to leave without saying goodbye and the car gone by the time anyone else notices?
(a) Jess
(b) Caroline
(c) Rose
(d) Ginny

10. What does Larry say to Ginny--something that Ty thinks Ginny should hear face-to-face with her father?
(a) Hussy
(b) Barren whore
(c) Barren slut
(d) Mother's mistake

11. After a church service, Ginny urges _________ to make amends with Larry as she thinks it's the right thing to do.
(a) Jess
(b) Rose
(c) Caroline
(d) Loren

12. Thinking that runners like __________, Ginny decides to wait in her tomato garden for Jess to come by again.
(a) Sunshine
(b) Fresh air
(c) Vegetables
(d) Regularity

13. Ginny fears that __________ had sensed something between her and Jess but she wasn't sure.
(a) Larry
(b) Rose
(c) Ty
(d) Caroline

14. What do Larry and Harold take in exchange for their work on repairing broken machinery around the farm at first?
(a) Lemonade
(b) Ice cream
(c) Nothing
(d) Chicken

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Larry purchases new ______________ he doesn't need and leaves them outside where they get ruined by the rain.

2. What does Jess ask Ginny to do when he surprises her by showing up at her house?

3. Spurning dry clothes, Larry had insisted that his ________ and banker be summoned in the storm.

4. What is the game the next generation at the farm begins to play which ends up taking about two weeks?

5. How old is the narrator when the story opens and the description of the farm is being shared with the reader?

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