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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. Caroline expresses forced enthusiasm, according to Ginny's observation, over a good price on __________.
(a) Towels
(b) Shaving cream
(c) Socks
(d) Shelving

2. The funeral is orchestrated, at least to some degree, for the benefit of ___________.
(a) Harold
(b) The girls
(c) Rose
(d) Larry

3. Henry Dodge say that families function better when they _____________, so he wants the family to try to repair itself.
(a) Break apart
(b) Forgive
(c) Ignore the past
(d) Stay together

4. Rose remembers that her mother died when she was at _____________.
(a) The farm
(b) The doctor
(c) School
(d) Church

5. What does Ginny notice at 6:00 AM in the morning, with Rose stumbling up the road as well?
(a) Sheriff's car
(b) Hearse
(c) Ambulance
(d) Jess' truck in her yard

Short Answer Questions

1. For the first time, _________ believes she really feels herself, that she can speak with a certain moral authority.

2. __________ was always patient and good humored, always moving slowly forward.

3. What was not present on the bedsheets after Ty and Ginny had consummated their relationship for the first time, even though they prepared for it to be there?

4. The autopsy of Pete shows that his _____________ was high enough to preclude consciousness, making it debatable that he drove in accidentally.

5. Caroline believes that she and ____________ became close and that they only separated when she was cut out of the farm for a time.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ty discover in the old dairy barn he's converting for the hog operation?

2. How is it shown that Ty is the better farmer of all of his neighbors and their farms?

3. What happens when Pete gets drunk in Mason City and drives over to threaten Harold?

4. What does Ginny notice about 6 AM the morning after Pete's accident?

5. What does Rose's physician tell Ginny about the condition of Rose and about her prognosis?

6. What does Rose want Ginny to do for her daughters, Pammy and Linda, that night instead of taking them back with Ginny?

7. What does Ginny do in order to attempt to poison her sister, Rose?

8. How did Ginny cover for Caroline when they were younger, Caroline being 14 and Ginny being 22?

9. What does Mr. Cartier tell Ginny and Rose, Pete and Ty to do in order to keep up with their case?

10. What is the status of Harold's eyes after his accident with the ammonia?

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