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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. They all decide that Tom's best chance of survival is to get to what before dawn?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) The Mission House.
(c) El Pano.
(d) The church.

2. One thing about the highlanders that Christy confronts but puzzles her is their intense what?
(a) Animocity.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Love.

3. The women are alone, for Tom McHone has crept out during the night and David is where?
(a) Low Gap.
(b) El Pano.
(c) Upper Gap.
(d) Knoxville.

4. Fairlight and Christy try to use honey as a substitute for what?
(a) Molasses.
(b) Fruit juice.
(c) Maple Syrup.
(d) Sugar.

5. Before David acts on the advice of Miss Alice, Ozias surprises David and Christy with an invitation to take part in a what?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Working.
(c) Dance.
(d) Concert.

6. They hang curtains made of what?
(a) Old clothes.
(b) Bed sheets.
(c) Tablecloths.
(d) Flour sacks.

7. What horrible thing happens to Tom McHone?
(a) He dies of a fever.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He falls off a cliff.
(d) He is stabbed.

8. Miss Alice tells about how she was assaulted by whom?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A visiting preacher.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

9. Why does the school stay open during the epidemic?
(a) The school children are quarantined there when the epidemic starts.
(b) The school is cleaner than the homes.
(c) The school is a good place to meet and compare health.
(d) The school children are afraid to go home.

10. Looking for weapons, the women find two fireplace pokers, a shovel, and some what?
(a) Dinner knives.
(b) Guns.
(c) Skillets.
(d) Hammers.

11. Christy spends the night at the McHones, and the night is interrupted with Tom, his father and _______ coming into the cabin.
(a) David.
(b) Bird's-Eye.
(c) Uncle Bogg.
(d) Timothy.

12. Bird's-Eye comes into the cabin to do what?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Attack Opal and Christy.
(c) Eat.
(d) Kill Tom.

13. Christy and David wait for how many days before Dr. MacNeill is able to find time to meet with them?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

14. The story is about a preacher that the people want to be what?
(a) A teacher, instead.
(b) Older.
(c) Younger.
(d) Dead.

15. Ozias asks Uncle Bogg to tell the story of the preacher named what?
(a) Dry Guy.
(b) Fly Guy.
(c) Die Guy.
(d) Shy Guy.

Short Answer Questions

1. David speaks his mind and tells his congregation that white lightning is being brewed and trafficked by night, using schoolboys as what?

2. Christy is still confused and seeks the advice of whom to help her figure out her philosophy of life?

3. Christy and Will set to work peeling and slicing what to heat for poultices?

4. Before Christy leaves for her break with her family in Asheville, she visits who?

5. Dr. MacNeill knows that the three men running the still are Bird's-Eye Taylor, Tom McHone, and whom?

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