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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For years, Ty has wanted to double the farm's _________ operation, even though Larry did not agree with him.
(a) Lettuce
(b) Chicken
(c) Corn
(d) Hog

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

3. What does Jess show up with since Harold's freezer breaks down and this thing needs to stay cool?
(a) Frozen dinner
(b) Frozen pies
(c) Frozen veggies
(d) Frozen meat

4. Jess gushes about a nearby organic farm that seeing its 20 varieties of non-hybrid __________ is like meeting the Buddha.
(a) Tomatoes
(b) Lettuce
(c) Potatoes
(d) Apples

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of the story who begins the story by describing the setting where they grew up?

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

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

4. What does the buffet table usually have an overabundance of when they set up for the picnic for the church's 1903 founding?

5. Ginny cannot think of ________ without thinking of her room, which she cannot think of without thinking of her father.

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of sermon does Henry Dodge give during the service in which Rose and Ginny are helping?

2. What does Ginny currently do for three households each and every day when she is 36?

3. What is Larry's response to the questions of Ginny and Ty after he is released from the hospital?

4. After the storm and the incident in the storm, what does Ginny decide she needs to do for her father?

5. What does Ginny drive Rose to and what is the outcome of this trip they take together?

6. What happens to the kitchen cabinets that Larry purchases, even though he doesn't need them?

7. What did Ginny and Rose create inside of their mother's closet when they were little?

8. What ends the two week long Monopoly game and causes the family to react angrily?

9. What do Ginny and the girls encounter when they arrive home after their swimming trip?

10. Why does Ginny run back home on her way to feed her father one morning?

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