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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives late to breakfast the day after the pig roast, even though the rest of the family was there and ready on time?
(a) Rose
(b) Loren
(c) Ginny
(d) Larry

2. Jess' father decided to take the day off from ____________ planting to host the pig roast for his son.
(a) Spring bean
(b) Corn
(c) Wheat
(d) Lettuce

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

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

5. __________ 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) Jess
(b) Rose
(c) Larry
(d) Loren

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

7. When Ginny has the memory of her father abusing her, who does she scream for, though the person does not come to her aid?
(a) Rose
(b) Jess
(c) Ty
(d) Caroline

8. Who does Ginny suddenly find to be quite charming, even though she hadn't thought this before?
(a) Jess
(b) Larry
(c) Harold
(d) Loren

9. Ginny thinks back to when her house used to be owned by the ___________.
(a) Chelseas
(b) Smiths
(c) Ericsons
(d) Cooks

10. Which doctor appointment does Ginny drive Rose to on a Thursday as Rose cannot go by herself?
(a) Heart
(b) Eye
(c) Dentist
(d) Oncologist

11. Larry announces a plan to form a corporation with the farm, giving each of his daughters __________ of the ownership of the farm.
(a) One half
(b) One tenth
(c) One fifth
(d) One third

12. What kind of plants seem to be fine, even though Ginny and Ty's relationship seems broken?
(a) Tomato
(b) Green bean
(c) Corn
(d) Pumpkin

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

14. Jess asks Ginny who Larry's favorite was of all of his girls as they are talking to each other. Who is the favorite?
(a) None of them
(b) Ginny
(c) Rose
(d) Caroline

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. The ____________ after their mother had died, Larry made the daughters take separate bedrooms.

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

3. 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?

4. What is the name of the road that Country Road 686 intersects with, according to the narrator?

5. Jess is thrilled about the idea of a farm, but admits he has difficulty _____________ so he might not want the farm.

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