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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did many of Smarsh's uncles, aunts and cousins work in Wichita?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Wichita airplane factories.
(c) Retail stores.
(d) Farms.

2. How did Smarsh's grandfather Chic die?
(a) He had a heart attack.
(b) He was in a car accident.
(c) He had an accident involving farm equipment.
(d) He had prostate cancer.

3. What was one reason Smarsh was singled out as being an outcast at her elementary school?
(a) She was the only mixed-race girl there.
(b) She was the only girl who grew up on a farm there.
(c) She took her belongings to school in a paper sack, not a backback.
(d) She had mismatched shoes.

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

5. Who was Smarsh's paternal grandmother?
(a) Teresa.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Mary.
(d) Betty.

6. What structure did Nick Smarsh build that he was most proud of?
(a) A pole barn.
(b) A large family home for his brother.
(c) A church.
(d) A shed for his father.

7. What did Smarsh's grandfather carve the year she was born?
(a) A statue of Jesus.
(b) A new communion rail.
(c) A statue of the Virgin Mary.
(d) A cross for the church.

8. What did Smarsh's local priest not like that her mother let Smarsh do?
(a) Wear pants and a tie to Sunday school.
(b) Eat during mass.
(c) Sing during mass.
(d) Skip church.

9. What was Smarsh's grandfather commissioned to lead in 1949?
(a) Renovation of St. Rose school.
(b) The state legistlature.
(c) The county seat.
(d) The local city council.

10. What poplar concert series meant to provide assistance to farms did Arnie say he never saw a dime from?
(a) Farm Aid.
(b) Band Aid.
(c) Rural Aid.
(d) Wheat Aid.

11. Who was the man who became Smarsh's step-grandfather?
(a) Arnie.
(b) Nicky.
(c) Conner.
(d) Bob.

12. Who is Smarsh's grandmother on her mother's side?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Betty.
(c) Theresa.
(d) Mary.

13. What kind of car was Smarsh's grandmother driving when she drew up with Arnie at an intersection in Chapter 1?
(a) Ford pickup.
(b) Honda.
(c) Hyundai.
(d) Corvette.

14. What was one of the side jobs Smarsh's mother used to do to make extra money?
(a) Sew clothes.
(b) Sell pastries.
(c) Cut people's hair.
(d) Sell cosmetics door to door.

15. What rare ailment did Betty have in Chapter 2?
(a) Huntington's Disease.
(b) Lupus.
(c) Legionnaire's Disease.
(d) Histpoplasmosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Betty and Smarsh leave Betty's new house in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?

2. How did Nick describe his own mother Teresa to Smarsh?

3. How long did Smarsh research this book for?

4. How many times had Betty been married by the time Arnie asked her to marry him?

5. Who is Smarsh's younger brother?

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