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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) Farming
(c) A child
(d) Drinking

2. Jess is thrilled about the idea of a farm, but admits he has difficulty _____________ so he might not want the farm.
(a) Settling down
(b) With farming
(c) Making a decision
(d) Renting from someone he knows

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

4. Who bought the air-conditioned International Harvester tractor in a bright red color, which annoyed Larry?
(a) Jess
(b) Loren
(c) Ty
(d) Harold

5. What did Ginny forget on her way to the Chelsea that makes her turn around to go back to get them?
(a) Milk
(b) Sugar
(c) Eggs
(d) Flour

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

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

8. What does Ginny imagine in the middle of her own pickup when she goes to get inside of the truck?
(a) Another man
(b) Baby seat
(c) Basket
(d) Her daughter

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

10. Larry is whining to everyone at the picnic instead of waiting for people to talk to him, mostly about the conditions at the _________.
(a) Farm
(b) Nursing home
(c) Funny farm
(d) Ericson home

11. What was revealed under the marshland that once stood in the farm area that Larry now owns?
(a) Natural crops
(b) Clay
(c) A river
(d) Fertile soil

12. The ____________ after their mother had died, Larry made the daughters take separate bedrooms.
(a) Christmas
(b) New Year's Day
(c) Thanksgiving
(d) Easter

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

14. Ginny and her sister, Rose, raised Caroline the best they could after their ____________ died and could not help them.
(a) Mother
(b) Nanny
(c) Father
(d) Uncle

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jess says that Ginny doesn't have children because there are ___________ in the well water at the farm.

2. Henry Dodge is a ___________ minister who is always giving sermons which will appeal to the farmers.

3. Who found Larry when he was raging, soaked, and maniacal during the storm?

4. Who starts acting with more authority now that Larry has rolled his truck, something that this person had not done before?

5. What had Ty's father died from?

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