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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 is served for breakfast on fleecing day, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) Cereal and coffee.
(b) Ham biscuits and coffee.
(c) Cream cheese bagels and coffee.
(d) Cookies and coffee.

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

3. Who does Crystal describe breaking her fingers when they were slammed in a car door in Chapter 2?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Anna.
(d) Brenda.

4. What did Ovid give to Preston for Christmas?
(a) A book.
(b) A calendar.
(c) A radio.
(d) A watch.

5. What is Crystal's last name?
(a) Fendley.
(b) Tyson.
(c) Estep.
(d) Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What dog does Dellarobia take with her when she goes to meet Preston at the bus in Chapter 4?

3. What is the planter box shaped like that Cub picks out for Hester's gift in Chapter 7?

4. How long ago did the Cooks move to Featherton?

5. Who is the musical director at Mountain Fellowship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Byron describe the migration of monarch butterflies?

2. What do the butterflies represent to Cub and the congregants of his church?

3. What is the significance of the nickname "Peach" in the novel?

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

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

6. Why has Dr. Byron come to Feathertown?

7. What does Preston want for Christmas? How does Dellarobia know this?

8. What led up to Dellarobia's marriage? How old was she when she wed?

9. How is the theme of religous faith explored in Chapter 2?

10. Why does Dellarobia urge Cub to climb the mountain in Chapter 2?

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