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

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

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

4. After Ginny finally falls asleep, she wakes up to Jess telling her that Larry is at ____________.
(a) Rose's
(b) The jail
(c) Harold's
(d) Loren's

5. After a church service, Ginny urges _________ to make amends with Larry as she thinks it's the right thing to do.
(a) Loren
(b) Caroline
(c) Jess
(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. Who arrives late to breakfast the day after the pig roast, even though the rest of the family was there and ready on time?

3. Thinking that runners like __________, Ginny decides to wait in her tomato garden for Jess to come by again.

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

5. Larry purchases new ______________ he doesn't need and leaves them outside where they get ruined by the rain.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Ty returns with the missing Larry, what does Larry have to say to Ginny in person?

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

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

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

5. What does Ginny do in order to try to catch a glance of Jess Clark again?

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

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

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

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

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

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