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

2. Ginny's grandparents were the ones who arrived from ____________ to find their new farm land to not be up to their expectations.
(a) Germany
(b) Italy
(c) France
(d) England

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Ginny forget on her way to the Chelsea that makes her turn around to go back to get them?

3. Ginny allows herself to feel a little _________ by the rigidity of Larry's eating schedule during the breakfast time.

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

5. Larry announces a plan to form a corporation with the farm, giving each of his daughters __________ of the ownership of the farm.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is on the papers which Ken LaSalle gives to Ginny when she is served?

2. What happened to the Ericson farm, according to Ginny's memory of the time it was purchased?

3. When Larry arrived at Harold's, wet from the storm, what did he demand before asking for dry clothes?

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

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

6. When Pete mentions overhearing that Harold is going to be changing his will, how does Jess respond?

7. Why was Jess in church that morning, as he explains later when his father and brother are not around?

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

9. How does Ginny describe the dimensions of her flat world as an 8-year-old in 1951?

10. What did Ginny and Rose do in order to help Caroline grow up well even though her mother had died?

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