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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the narrator's house the day after his mother's funeral?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Junius.
(c) Verena.
(d) Riley.

2. What is Dolly's potion made to cure?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Diphtheria.
(d) Dropsy.

3. What is Riley hunting in the woods in Chapter 2?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Birds.
(c) Deer.
(d) Elk.

4. Who comes to the narrator's house to pack his belongings in Chapter 1?
(a) Catherine.
(b) Verena.
(c) Dolly.
(d) His father.

5. What does Dolly reveal to the others in the tree house that Verena does?
(a) Smokes a pipe.
(b) Sneaks food at night.
(c) Dances.
(d) Dates a man.

6. Who says, "But Judge, I'm not sure I know what it is you have in mind we should tell each other. Secrets?"
(a) Catherine.
(b) Riley.
(c) Collin.
(d) Dolly.

7. How old is Riley when he comes to live in the town?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eleven.

8. Where is the girl from that Riley says he's been dating for over a year?
(a) Slidell.
(b) Rolling Rock.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Houma.

9. What ethnicity does Catherine claim to be?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) American Indian.
(c) African American.
(d) White.

10. What is the name of Riley's sister who is in the protagonist's class in school?
(a) Nadine.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Julia.
(d) Elizabeth.

11. What is the name of Riley's mother?
(a) Rose.
(b) Vivien.
(c) Laura.
(d) Hester.

12. Where is the Judge's wife buried?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Italy.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) England.

13. Whose esteem does the Judge not enjoy?
(a) His wife's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His sons'.
(d) His daughters'.

14. What was the name of the Judge's wife?
(a) Irene.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Emily.

15. Who teaches Catherine how to make her secret potion?
(a) A minister's wife.
(b) A gypsy.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) A voodoo witch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Riley's mother go?

2. What does Riley pass around to the others in the tree house in Chapter 2?

3. Who used to deliver the papers?

4. What does the narrator spy upon Dolly writing in her room?

5. Where is the man who asked Catherine to marry him?

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