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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Petrus brings up as a "perk" for David?
(a) David will get money for his car from the insurance claim.
(b) David will get insurance money for damages to the farm.
(c) David could get Lucy to come to the city with him.
(d) David could sell the farm to Petrus.

2. Who Is Teresa in the most recent version of his play?
(a) A young and beautiful woman.
(b) A sickly dog.
(c) A vengeful spinster.
(d) A middle-aged woman who cares for her father.

3. Who is it that compliments Lucy by referring to her as a "forward-looking lady?"
(a) Petrus.
(b) Bill Shaw.
(c) Ettinger.
(d) Bev Shaw.

4. On the day after the party, with what kind of work does David help Petrus?
(a) Mending fences.
(b) Repairing locks.
(c) Laying pipe.
(d) Repairing windows.

5. As David and Lucy try to normalize their life back at the farm, what room ultimately becomes Lucy's new room?
(a) Her storage room.
(b) The room David is staying in.
(c) The old library.
(d) The old dining room.

6. What appliance does David buy to replace one that has been stolen?
(a) A microwave oven.
(b) A radio.
(c) A television.
(d) An electric drill.

7. On what day of the week do Bev and David load the car with the dead dogs?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

8. At the meeting between Rosalind and David, something about his appearance makes her "shudder." What is it?
(a) His fingernails.
(b) His misshapen ear.
(c) His scruffy beard.
(d) His worn-out shoes.

9. Who returns to the farm several days after the attack on the farm?
(a) Petrus.
(b) Bill Shaw.
(c) Rosalind.
(d) Helen.

10. Who or what is it that particularly enjoys David's new past time?
(a) Petrus.
(b) David's new assistant.
(c) Bev.
(d) David's dog.

11. When David comes to the farm to visit, where does he propose that Lucy go for a rest?
(a) Holland.
(b) London.
(c) Madagascar.
(d) Paris.

12. What borrowed farm equipment does Petrus have on his farm?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A scythe.
(c) A harvester.
(d) A wagon.

13. After the attack, what has happened to the books that David brought for research on his Byron project?
(a) Bev has asked to borrow them.
(b) They were burned.
(c) They were in his car that was stolen.
(d) They are gone and David suspects Petrus has stolen them.

14. Who it that insists to David that Petrus is a good man?
(a) Helen.
(b) Bill Shaw.
(c) Ettinger.
(d) Bev Shaw.

15. As Chapter 15 begins, for what event is Petrus preparing?
(a) A community meeting.
(b) A party.
(c) A political announcement.
(d) A barnstorming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the musical instrument that David takes up and composes music on?

2. What do Lucy and her father discuss on their trip back from attempting to reclaim the car?

3. When David returns to town, where does he see Melanie?

4. In this attack that David instigates, who comes to the rescue of the recipient of David's attack?

5. When David comes to the farm to visit, what proposal does Petrus have for Lucy that he asks David to offer her?

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