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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vocabulary and _________________ are particularly important to Richter's writing.
(a) verb tense
(b) irony
(c) humor
(d) phraseology

2. What shape are the cuts made into the mountainsides in strip mining?
(a) O-shaped
(b) U-shaped
(c) V-shaped
(d) L-shaped

3. What major award did Richter win in 1951?
(a) The Nobel Prize
(b) The National Book Award
(c) The Academy Award
(d) The Pulitzer Prize

4. What is Conrad Richter's relationship to David McCullough?
(a) Golf partner
(b) Brother-in-law
(c) Friend
(d) Editor

5. What is an elemental part of Richter's stories?
(a) Politics
(b) The land
(c) Religion
(d) Mexico

6. In what city does David McCullough live and work?
(a) New York
(b) Boston
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Philadelphia

7. About which president is McCullough writing a biography at this time?
(a) Harry S. Truman
(b) Thomas Jefferson
(c) John Adams
(d) Abraham Lincoln

8. What does McCullough consider enough reason for living in Washington, D.C.?
(a) The Metro
(b) The White House
(c) The National Gallery
(d) Georgetown shopping

9. In what state does the action occur in this story?
(a) Virginia
(b) West Virginia
(c) Kentucky
(d) Tennessee

10. What is the dominant subject of Plowden's work?
(a) Oceans
(b) Still life
(c) Railroads
(d) Portraits

11. What is David Plowden's profession?
(a) Naturalist
(b) Physician
(c) Photographer
(d) Journalist

12. Who is the only president to retire in Washington?
(a) Ulysses S. Grant
(b) George H. W. Bush
(c) Abraham Lincoln
(d) Woodrow Wilson

13. Where does Plowden fall in love with trains?
(a) California
(b) Maine
(c) Vermont
(d) Colorado

14. Where does Richter make a surprise visit to McCullough?
(a) Cumberland Island
(b) Jekyll Island
(c) Nantucket
(d) Martha's Vineyard

15. Who is George Lane?
(a) Miriam's favorite professor
(b) Miriam's husband
(c) Miriam's brother-in-law
(d) Miriam's accountant

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the last 550 acres of land Caudill has spared from the strip miners?

2. Why does Charles Lindbergh's popularity plummet by 1940?

3. Who is the aviator who disappears in the Marianas?

4. "Extraordinary Time" addresses how the world has changed since what year?

5. Which of the following is not a reason why strip mining is so popular?

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