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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jess decides to explain to others what the _______________ is and how it works after dismissing the idea of Larry changing his will.
(a) Nature Conservancy
(b) Works Progress Progress
(c) MoveOn
(d) Peace Corp

2. What is the game the next generation at the farm begins to play which ends up taking about two weeks?
(a) Rummy
(b) Monopoly
(c) Poker
(d) Yahtzee

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

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

5. Who found Larry when he was raging, soaked, and maniacal during the storm?
(a) Harold
(b) Jess
(c) Loren
(d) Rose

6. How old is the narrator when the story opens and the description of the farm is being shared with the reader?
(a) 20
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 14

7. What is the profession of Marv Carlson, the man who ends up helping Larry Cook throughout the story?
(a) Farmhand
(b) Banker
(c) Teacher
(d) Lawyer

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

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

10. When Ginny serves her father his breakfast in the morning, she withholds all ____________ for him and for his condition.
(a) Tears
(b) Anger
(c) Sympathy
(d) Happiness

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

12. How do the Monopoly players find out about the wedding ceremony of the person they know well?
(a) Priest
(b) Someone in the group lets it slip
(c) Newspaper
(d) Phone

13. What were Ty and Pete installing when Ginny returned from the swimming pool with Pammy and Linda?
(a) A pool
(b) Air conditioner
(c) New windows
(d) Heater

14. Marv was worried about Larry and the line of credit that Larry had extended to __________.
(a) Loren
(b) Jess
(c) Caroline
(d) Ty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. As the storm clouds form on the horizon, a ___________ is already issued for the country surrounding and including the farm.

3. __________ accuses Ginny and Rose of taking advantage of Larry, though he was the one who decided who to give the farm to.

4. Who arrives late to breakfast the day after the pig roast, even though the rest of the family was there and ready on time?

5. What are Pammy and Linda peering at as they begin to walk toward the house in the tableau of hope that Ginny envisions?

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