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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Smarsh's father born?
(a) Christmas Day in 1950.
(b) Christmas Day in 1960.
(c) Halloween in 1955.
(d) Labor Day in 1955.

2. How was Nick eventually reimbursed for the value of his barn and equipment?
(a) Through the homeowner's insurance policy in Jeannie's name.
(b) From the church's collection for Nick.
(c) Through a local charity's contributions.
(d) Through family contrinutions.

3. Why did Betty and Smarsh leave Betty's new house in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?
(a) It was infested with cockroaches.
(b) There was no heat.
(c) It had a gas leak.
(d) The water was shut off.

4. What did Smarsh's mother ask her to do when she used to lie in bed with her mother sometimes?
(a) Stop singing.
(b) Stop eating.
(c) Stop breathing.
(d) Be less warm.

5. Smarsh once read that what you do not transmute, you do which of the following with?
(a) Kill.
(b) Transmit.
(c) Bury.
(d) Tell.

6. How many times had Betty been married by the time Arnie asked her to marry him?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

7. What did Smarsh remember her father letting her do when they visited Betty in the hospital?
(a) Ride in a wheelchair.
(b) Buy flowers at the hospital gift shop.
(c) Eat in the hospital cafeteria.
(d) Walk into the hospital room alone.

8. What was Betty's and Arnie's farm a constant operation in, according to Smarsh?
(a) Debt.
(b) Food production.
(c) Angst.
(d) Alcohol.

9. What was one main reason Betty had applied to work at the courthouse?
(a) Because of the good benefits she would be entitled to with a state job.
(b) Because she was always interested in the law.
(c) Because she liked the restaurants near the courthouse.
(d) Because she liked being in the city.

10. When did Smarsh go to New York City for the first time?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2000.

11. Who was the first person to notice Jeannie's pregnancy?
(a) Arnie.
(b) Chic.
(c) Betty.
(d) Theresa.

12. What did Jeannie tell Smarsh that Betty had wanted to name her?
(a) Bridget.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Lolly.
(d) Michelle.

13. Who was Smarsh's paternal grandfather?
(a) Chic.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Barry.
(d) Bob.

14. Who was married to Dorothy, Smarsh's great-grandmother?
(a) Robert.
(b) Aaron.
(c) Nick.
(d) Chic.

15. What hit song did Smarsh like to sing along on the radio to that Jeannie did not like?
(a) Witchy Woman.
(b) Stand By Your Man.
(c) Trashy Women.
(d) Coal Miner's Daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Smarsh's father save coins when she was a child?

2. What did Betty sometimes call Smarsh as a child?

3. What did Smarsh's grandfather carve the year she was born?

4. What did Betty's sister Pud nickname Betty's and Arnie's farm?

5. What is the name Smarsh comes up with for her unconceived, unborn daughter?

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