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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 Dick suffering from when Charlie visits him?
(a) A cold.
(b) Back spasms.
(c) Paranoia.
(d) A fever.

2. What has Dick sold?
(a) The farm.
(b) All of Mary's jewelry.
(c) His car.
(d) His crop of tobacco.

3. How does Mary feel about managing the farm after she starts working?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Excited.
(c) Exhausted.
(d) Terrified.

4. What do the Turners not have installed?
(a) Cable T.V.
(b) Electricity.
(c) A telephone.
(d) A gas stove.

5. What does Charlie tell Dick he must do for six months?
(a) Go on a holiday.
(b) Fertilize his soil.
(c) Treat Moses harshly and beat him.
(d) Keep Mary in a mental institution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary's last moment of happiness?

2. How many workers does Mary manage?

3. What months have passed since the previous chapter?

4. How long ago did Mary attempt to run away from Dick?

5. From where did a new idea in farming that Dick tried come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the state of Dick and Mary's marriage before Dick gets sick.

2. How does Mary's condition change?

3. What dream does Mary have about her father? What do you think its significance is? What else does Mary dream about?

4. How does Moses hold power over Mary? How does his manner change around her?

5. What does Dick have to do to make Mary love him?

6. How does Charlie react to the way Mary talks to Moses?

7. How are the Turners regarded in the community?

8. How does Mary feel about how she arrives at her fate?

9. What is Mary blocking out? Is she aware of what is happening to her?

10. How does Mary show weakness?

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