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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rose thinks that Larry is perfecting his _______________ as he will continue to do during his retirement.
(a) Poker face
(b) Death's fercent gaze
(c) Death's head start
(d) Quiet march to silence

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

3. Rose didn't bother sneaking out of the house when she was young; she exited at her leisure via the _____________.
(a) Back door
(b) Cellar door
(c) Front door
(d) Front window

4. Ginny allows herself to feel a little _________ by the rigidity of Larry's eating schedule during the breakfast time.
(a) Mischevious
(b) Excited
(c) Pleased
(d) Annoyed

5. Spurning dry clothes, Larry had insisted that his ________ and banker be summoned in the storm.
(a) Lawyer
(b) Caroline
(c) Daughters
(d) Wife

6. Rose notes that Larry's abuse was not that she had been raped, but that she had been ___________.
(a) Forced
(b) Willing
(c) Seduced
(d) Tricked

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

8. It was easier to raise Caroline, Ginny admits, because she was an ____________ child.
(a) Inquisitive
(b) Intelligent
(c) Annoying
(d) Obedient

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

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

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

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

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

14. __________ says it's too much to walk a block and a half on an 87 degree day and that Ginny should wait in the car.
(a) Larry
(b) Rose
(c) Jess
(d) Loren

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which doctor appointment does Ginny drive Rose to on a Thursday as Rose cannot go by herself?

2. _________ does not respond to any of Ty and Ginny's questions, neither in the hospital or in the car on the drive home.

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

4. Jess decides to explain to others what the _______________ is and how it works after dismissing the idea of Larry changing his will.

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

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