A Thousand Acres Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Thousand Acres Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 112 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jess says that Ginny doesn't have children because there are ___________ in the well water at the farm.
(a) Vitamins
(b) Barbituates
(c) Nitrites
(d) Antidepressants

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

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) Mother's mistake
(d) Barren whore

4. What is the task Ginny is trying to accomplish, one that takes her until noon that morning?
(a) Cleaning carpets
(b) Dusting
(c) Washing dishes
(d) Polishing the wood

5. 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) Peace Corp
(c) MoveOn
(d) Works Progress Progress

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where had Ginny and Rose created their own little world when they were children in order to entertain each other?
(a) Their parent's room
(b) Their mother's closet
(c) The large bay window
(d) The pond

12. 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) Ericson home
(d) Funny farm

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jess' father decided to take the day off from ____________ planting to host the pig roast for his son.

2. Pammy and Linda decide to play with each other in another part of ________ house as the parents are playing a game.

3. What does Jess show up with since Harold's freezer breaks down and this thing needs to stay cool?

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

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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