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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Adam needed advice after Cathy leaves?
(a) Lee.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Charles.
(d) Cyrus.

2. How do Cathy's classmates feel about her?
(a) They are jealous of her.
(b) They love her.
(c) They hate her.
(d) They fear her.

3. What does the narrator say will travel from the West to East Coast?
(a) A peach.
(b) An apple.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Lumber.

4. Where does Cathy injure Samuel?
(a) His leg.
(b) His hand.
(c) His foot.
(d) His arm.

5. What does Samuel NOT have a talent for?
(a) Making friends.
(b) Working with wood.
(c) Judging character.
(d) Making money.

6. Where is Mrs. Trask when she dies?
(a) A pew at church.
(b) Her bed.
(c) Her mother's house.
(d) A shallow pond.

7. To where does Cathy try to run away?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Salt Lake City.

8. How does Cathy injure Adam?
(a) She stabs him.
(b) She shoots him.
(c) She punches him.
(d) She hits him with a fire poker.

9. How does Cathy's new boss view her relationship with Cathy?
(a) She sees Cathy as her lover.
(b) She sees Cathy as a sister.
(c) She sees Cathy as her daughter.
(d) She sees Cathy as her business partner.

10. What is Lee hired to do for Adam?
(a) Repair the old stove.
(b) Build shelves and bookcases.
(c) Take care of the farm animals.
(d) Work as a housekeeper.

11. What does Adam do to keep Cathy from having her way after she gives birth?
(a) Gets a bodyguard.
(b) Has Lee watch the babies.
(c) Locks her in her room.
(d) Watches the babies himself.

12. How does Adam say he got wounded?
(a) He was trying to kill himself.
(b) He shot himself while cleaning the gun.
(c) He dropped the gun and it went off.
(d) His wife shot him.

13. What is Charles doing when he injures his head?
(a) Breaking a wild horse.
(b) Moving a boulder.
(c) Sleeping in his bed.
(d) Driving while drunk.

14. What does Cyrus try to convince Adam to do when he is younger?
(a) Join the military.
(b) Become a farmer.
(c) Get married.
(d) Go to college.

15. How does Mr. Edwards discover how Cathy's parents died?
(a) He asks an agent from her hometown.
(b) He hires a private investigator.
(c) He puts Cathy in a trance and asks her.
(d) He sees it in the newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cathy get power over men?

2. In what state does the story take place?

3. What does Cyrus tell Adam before he leaves home for the first time?

4. Where does Cathy injure Adam?

5. Where does Cyrus move after Adam goes to war?

(see the answer keys)

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