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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. __________ accuses Ginny and Rose of taking advantage of Larry, though he was the one who decided who to give the farm to.
(a) Caroline
(b) Harold
(c) Jess
(d) Loren

2. 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) Ginny
(b) Loren
(c) Rose
(d) Larry

3. What does Rose say that she wishes she hadn't done after the incident with Larry staggering down the road?
(a) Stayed in town
(b) Had children
(c) Said anything
(d) Quit smoking

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

5. Who is the narrator of the story who begins the story by describing the setting where they grew up?
(a) Ginny
(b) Rose
(c) Larry
(d) Caroline

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is discovered to have been married in a civil ceremony the week before as the family is playing Monopoly?

2. Caroline calls and says she had just returned from New York and found a note on her desk saying ____________ had driven to Des Moines to find her.

3. 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?

4. What was revealed under the marshland that once stood in the farm area that Larry now owns?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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. What happened when the trucks and the tractors broke during the past when Larry and Harold were around?

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

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

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

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

9. What is Marc Griffin, the banker, worried about in relation to the actions of Larry on his farm?

10. What are the reactions of the daughters to Larry's new disappearance?

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