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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 do his peers nickname the baker's son?
(a) Bear.
(b) Mule.
(c) Horse.
(d) Ram.

2. Why does Catherine leave the tree house in Chapter 4?
(a) To look for Collin.
(b) To look for Riley.
(c) To gather food.
(d) To go home.

3. Who says, "Do I understand you've been conniving with that--woman? After she made a mockery of our name?"
(a) Collin.
(b) The Judge.
(c) Verena.
(d) Dolly.

4. What is the name of Riley's younger sister?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Anne.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Maude.

5. What is the last name of the couple who owns the town bakery?
(a) County.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Holton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "At home, in the kitchen, there is a geranium that blooms over and over. Some plants, though, they bloom just once, if at all, and nothing more happens to them. They live, but they've had their life"?

2. Who is the schoolmaster at the town school?

3. Whose ears does Verena box in the battle by the tree?

4. At what time does the narrator say the rain slackens in Chapter 6?

5. Who is the first to awaken in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Riley respond to Sister Ida's asking for Dolly's location? What does he relate to the narrator about her?

2. Where do Collin and Riley go in Chapter 5? Why?

3. What does Collin do in Chapter 4 that gives him a feeling of pride?

4. What does Little Homer take out in Chapter 6? What does he proceed to do with it?

5. What does Mrs. County tell Collin inside the bakery?

6. What news and provisions does Riley return with in Chapter 4?

7. How is Riley shot during the fight?

8. What does Dolly tell Verena about shame in Chapter 6?

9. How and why are the evangelists run out of town?

10. What internal conflict does Dolly face at the end of Chapter 5?

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