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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the aunt that Amma says Ethan is with in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?
(a) Caroline
(b) Sarafine
(c) Lila
(d) Marian

2. What is Ethan’s mother’s name in the novel?
(a) Mercy Wate
(b) Ridley Wate
(c) Lila Evers Wate
(d) Sarafine Wate

3. What kind of car is Ethan’s father driving when he arrives home in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) A Volvo
(b) A Ford
(c) A Jeep
(d) A Chrysler

4. Ethan says that after his mother’s death, Marian told him about a Buddhist class she took where in Chapter 1: "Home"?
(a) Louisiana State University
(b) Duke University
(c) Boston University
(d) Loyola University

5. What does Ethan take from Aunt Prue’s hands before leaving her house as she sleeps in Chapter 4: “Catfish Crossin’”?
(a) A ring
(b) A key
(c) A map
(d) A book

6. In what book does Ethan describe a sock sticking out as a bookmark in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) Excalibur
(b) The Divine Comedy
(c) The Lord of the Rings
(d) Don Juan

7. What is the name of the newspaper Ethan’s mom says she repeatedly tried to get him to write for in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) The Jonesboro Sentinel
(b) The Jackson Stonewaller
(c) The Fayetteville Times
(d) The Malvern Daily Record

8. By what name does Amma’s grandmother call her in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?
(a) Amina
(b) Amarie
(c) Amalie
(d) Amelica

9. What is Ethan’s middle name?
(a) Lawson
(b) Marshall
(c) Crawford
(d) Leighton

10. What are the songs called that Ethan’s mother says she sent him in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) The Moon Songs
(b) The Psalm Songs
(c) The Shadowing Songs
(d) The Sun Songs

11. What object does Lena take out in Chapter 6: "Silver Button" that Ethan recalls giving her not long ago on the water tower?
(a) A Sharpie pen
(b) A Bible
(c) A mixed tape
(d) A book of casts

12. What book does Ethan describe reading that is about a man who voyages into the nine circles of Hell in Chapter 1: "Home"?
(a) The Divine Comedy
(b) Poetics
(c) Inferno
(d) Romeo and Juliet

13. Who was the teacher of Marian’s Buddhist class she has told Ethan about in Chapter 1: "Home"?
(a) The Dude
(b) Buddha Bob
(c) The Big Lebowski
(d) Serenity Steve

14. What title does Ethan say his mother had in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) A Caster
(b) A Keeper
(c) A Shifter
(d) A Natural

15. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle for eleven across: “As in, apparition or phantasm” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Poltergeist
(b) Anomaly
(c) Spirit
(d) Sheer

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes to Ethan’s grave with Lena in Chapter 6: “Silver Button”?

2. What word is written on the sheet of notebook paper that Lena leaves on Ethan’s grave in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

3. As Ethan sits outside of Wate’s Landing in Chapter 7: "Crosswords,” he wonders if his father is working on his book about what?

4. Who is described in the newspaper as having won the Carolina Duck-Calling contest in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

5. What’s the name of the cat that comes into the kitchen and sees Ethan in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?

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