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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. Who takes classes at The Dorothy Ludlow Evening School of Charm?
(a) Mary.
(b) Celestine.
(c) Sita.
(d) Adelaide.

2. What is the name of Adelaide's pilot-companion?
(a) Philip.
(b) Pete.
(c) Omar.
(d) Canute.

3. About whom does Karl fantasize in chapter 3?
(a) Mary.
(b) Giles Saint Ambrose.
(c) Celestine.
(d) His mother.

4. What city does Sita visit in chapter 5?
(a) Boston.
(b) Boise.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Chicago.

5. What city is the setting of the beginning of chapter 6?
(a) San Diego.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Des Moines.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the train compared in the beginning of chapter 1?

2. Who grows a container garden?

3. Where does Sita move in chapter 4?

4. What word sticks in Sita's brain during the ordination ceremony?

5. What town is mentioned in the first sentence of "The Branch"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Martin Miller keep Mary's baby brother?

2. Describe Celestine's appearance, as related in chapter 2.

3. Why does Mary give Sita the sewing machine in chapter 7?

4. What happens to Fritzie's health in chapter 4? How does she change afterward?

5. In chapter 7, why does Wallace Pfef want to see Mary?

6. How does The Air Seeder work?

7. Describe the children's experience on the train in "The Branch."

8. In "The Branch," why do the children come to Argus?

9. Describe the group of men who gather in the butcher shop in chapter 4.

10. How does Mary react to receiving a postcard from Adelaide in chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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