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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. What is the topic of Miss Carrington's talk with Luke?
(a) Katie's lack of participation in class.
(b) Matt's misbehavior after school.
(c) Katie's scholarship potential.
(d) Katie's exam scores.

2. What request does Miss Carrington have for Aunt Annie?
(a) To volunteer at the First-Aid stand at the festival.
(b) To let Matt remain in school.
(c) To bring cookies to the bake sale.
(d) To read poetry at the parent-teacher meeting.

3. What announcement did Luke make during the last dinner the family had together?
(a) He proposed to Marnie Giddons.
(b) He won three scholarships.
(c) He was accepted to teacher's college.
(d) He was graduating early.

4. The presence of the person in #30 causes ________________ in the house for Luke and Matt.
(a) tension.
(b) happiness.
(c) security.
(d) relief.

5. Sally is the daughter of ___________________.
(a) Calvin Pye.
(b) Sheriff McClintock.
(c) Luke's boss.
(d) Rev. McAllister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Calvin Pye live with his father for so long?

2. What has caused some friction between Katie and her current boyfriend?

3. Katie recalls that the people in the community bring ____________ to the children after their parents die.

4. In the prologue, Katie states that her Grandmother Morrison had a ______________ fixed to her spinning wheel.

5. What does Katie wonder about what she saw on the body of the person in #82?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Katie's reluctance to talk about her family a source of tension between Daniel and her?

2. Why did the Vernon sisters not marry the Pye brothers and what eventually happened to Henry and Calvin?

3. What are the two burgeoning conflicts between Matt and Luke?

4. What type of work is Luke able to find in order to support the family?

5. What is Mary Lawson's nationality, and how does she write about her native country?

6. What arrangements are made for the Morrison children after a meeting with the family lawyer?

7. What ugly secret about the Pye family do the people of Crow Lake choose to ignore?

8. What are Matt's thoughts regarding the neighbors bringing food and other items to the Morrison kids?

9. How is Aunt Annie's presence accepted in the Morrison household?

10. Why did Luke fear for his job at the McLean farm at one point?

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