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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 last 550 acres of land Caudill has spared from the strip miners?
(a) Bluegrass Woods
(b) Blue Ridge Parkway
(c) Sherwood's Forest
(d) Lilly's Wood

2. According to McCullough, who is the last U.S. president to have a sense of history?
(a) William J. Clinton
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) Harry S. Truman

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Richter do most of his writing?
(a) The library
(b) The barn
(c) The dining room table
(d) The seashore

8. What are "Grim's Garden Spots?"
(a) Reclaimed mines
(b) Garden gnomes
(c) Storybook shops
(d) Gardening centers

9. In what city was Plowden born?
(a) Pittsburgh
(b) New York
(c) Boston
(d) Scranton

10. What religious affiliation do the Rothschilds have?
(a) Jewish
(b) Episcopalian
(c) Catholic
(d) Baptist

11. In what state is the Blue Mountain located?
(a) Vermont
(b) Pennsylvania
(c) Colorado
(d) Tennessee

12. Who is the aviator who disappears in the Marianas?
(a) Beryl Markham
(b) Amelia Earhart
(c) Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(d) Nevil Norway

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

14. Why is Miriam's wealthy Uncle Walter almost always in debt?
(a) He gives away yachts to friends
(b) He can't stop buying houses
(c) He is an unparalleled philanthropist
(d) He is building a world-class butterfly collection

15. To what artist is Plowden's photography compared?
(a) Pablo Picasso
(b) Claude Monet
(c) Wassily Kandinsky
(d) Edward Hopper

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the profession of the answer to #126?

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

3. Monticello is the home of which president?

4. What is Conrad Richter's first novel?

5. What is the main profession of most Rothschild men?

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