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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 arranges a meeting with Ruth?
(a) Naomi and Michael.
(b) Michael.
(c) Dalva.
(d) Dalva and Naomi.

2. How does Duane die?
(a) Drowning.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Falling off of a horse.
(d) Suicide.

3. Who is Grace Pindar?
(a) Duane's wife.
(b) The wife of Duane's fishing partner.
(c) Duane's mother.
(d) Duane's girlfriend.

4. Who sends Dalva a necklace when she is ill?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Michael.
(c) Duane.
(d) Her grandfather.

5. Whom does Dalva's grandfather leave his estate to?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Dalva.
(c) Duane.
(d) Lundquist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the story take place?

2. Who snuck away from a hospital and disappeared?

3. What does Dalva realize she is finally accepting?

4. To whom does Dalva write a journal?

5. Who reveals she has taken a lover?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dalva like Duane?

2. Discuss Dalva's family tree.

3. Discuss the letter Dalva receives from Ruth.

4. What happens while Dalva is with Michael in San Francisco?

5. Discuss the birth of Dalva's son.

6. Discuss Dalva's grandfather's journals.

7. What does Michael feel involving the journals of Northridge?

8. How do Dalva and Duane meet?

9. Discuss the events of Dalva's grandfather's death.

10. What are Michael's first thoughts of the farm?

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