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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 kind of business does Strickland run?
(a) A carpentry business.
(b) A cement-pouring business.
(c) A shoe-making business.
(d) A tree-trimming business.

2. What is Dellarobia's maiden name?
(a) Ross.
(b) Rogers.
(c) Anderson.
(d) Causey.

3. What Sidney Poitier film does Dovey refer to in Chapter 5?
(a) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
(b) In the Heat of the Night.
(c) Lilies of the Field.
(d) To Sir, with Love.

4. What is Peanut's last name?
(a) Norwood.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Ross.
(d) Wilson.

5. What is Dellarobia wearing as she climbs the mountain in Chapter 1?
(a) A pair of overalls.
(b) A red mini-skirt.
(c) A fur coat.
(d) A suede jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall does Dellarobia estimate Ovid to be in Chapter 5?

2. What does the pastor wear during his sermon in Chapter 3?

3. What does Hester call the butterflies?

4. Who is Cub's supervisor at the gravel company?

5. What is Crystal's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dr. Byron's educational history and profession?

2. Where is the Delgado family from? Why did they come to the novel's setting?

3. What is Dellarobia doing with her family in the beginning of Chapter 2? Why?

4. What causes Dellarobia to turn back home in Chapter 1?

5. How is Dellarobia's family described?

6. How is Hester described? What is her relationship to Dellarobia?

7. Who is Dovey and what is her relationship to Dellarobia?

8. How is the setting of Mountain Fellowship Church described?

9. Why has Dr. Byron come to Feathertown?

10. Where is the novel set? How does the setting influence the story?

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