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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes,” Ethan’s mother says that Amma has told Ethan’s father that he is where with his aunt?
(a) Jackson
(b) New Orleans
(c) Savannah
(d) New York

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

3. Who is waiting for Ethan and his mother when they return to the land of the dead in Chapter 10: "Snake Eyes"?
(a) The Lilum
(b) Aunt Prue
(c) Ryan
(d) Aunt Del

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

5. Whose dentures does Aunt Prue say she hid the day before in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Mercy’s
(b) Amma’s
(c) Thelma’s
(d) Grace’s

6. By what name does Ethan refer to Amma’s “death-defying, all-powerful wooden spoon of justice” in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) The Boy-Beater
(b) The Shifter Softer
(c) The One-Eyed Menace
(d) The Sybil Sword

7. 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 Sun Songs
(c) The Psalm Songs
(d) The Shadowing Songs

8. What kind of dogs does Aunt Prue have running around her ankles in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Chihuahuas
(b) Boston terriers
(c) Pomeranians
(d) Yorkshire terriers

9. What follows “Prudence Jane Statham” on her gravestone, as described in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Go Softly into the Dark Night
(b) The Best Baker in Gatlin
(c) The Belle of the Ball
(d) May She Rest in Peace

10. What are the cards called that Amma’s grandmother reads in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?
(a) The Cards of Providence
(b) The Cards of Chaos
(c) The Cards of the Tarot
(d) The Cards of Palimpset

11. Where does Aunt Prue tell Ethan his body was buried in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Her Lady of the Silver Moon
(b) His Garden of Perpetual Peace
(c) Greenbrier
(d) Wate’s Landing

12. Aunt Prue says she gave Lena what object so that she could stay in contact with her in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) A ruby ring
(b) A pearl bracelet
(c) A rive eye stone
(d) A rose necklace

13. What does Ethan smell in Amma’s kitchen when he enters Wate’s Landing in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) Chicken and dumplings
(b) Beef pot roast
(c) Roast chicken
(d) Barbeque pork

14. 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 Bible
(b) A Sharpie pen
(c) A mixed tape
(d) A book of casts

15. 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) Loyola University
(d) Boston University

Short Answer Questions

1. At the newspaper office, Ethan and his mother read in the papers that “the Ladies Auxiliary of Gatlin County is starting a book club called” what, in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?

2. What are draped over the windows and mirrors of Ravenwood Manor in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?

3. In the prologue to the book, “Beginning Again,” Lena reveals that Ethan was killed when he jumped off of what?

4. What kind of car is Ethan’s father driving when he arrives home in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?

5. What book does Ethan describe reading that is about a man who voyages into the nine circles of Hell in Chapter 1: "Home"?

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