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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 does Adam do when he realizes that his mother is sick?
(a) Calls the doctor.
(b) Leaves little gifts for her.
(c) Withdraws from her.
(d) Applies to medical school.

2. What does Cathy get a job doing after she leaves Adam?
(a) Writing.
(b) Modeling.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Acting.

3. What does the narrator call Cathy?
(a) A she-devil.
(b) A dark angel.
(c) A monster.
(d) A whore.

4. In what state does the story take place?
(a) Colorado.
(b) California.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) New Jersey.

5. What can Cathy hear all day every day after she first moves to the ranch?
(a) The train.
(b) The horses.
(c) The workmen.
(d) The birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things is Samuel well-known for?

2. Who does Adam say is his voice of reason?

3. What year does Cyrus die?

4. What is Horace Quinn's occupation?

5. How much money does Cyrus leave to his sons?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adam hire Lee to do?

2. What does Cathy say to Adam shortly after she gives birth?

3. How do Cathy's parents die?

4. How are the Hamilton daughters described by the narrator?

5. What does Lee ask Samuel for help with when the well is being dug?

6. What causes Charles to distrust Cathy when he first meets her?

7. What does Cathy do to the man who helps her deliver her babies, and how does she respond?

8. How does Cyrus' first wife die?

9. How does Kate act after Faye's death?

10. How do Charles and Adam take the news of their large inheritance?

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