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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Smarsh's mother's name?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Marsha.
(c) Jeannie.
(d) Mary.

5. Who is Pud's older daughter?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Billie.
(c) Candy.
(d) Michelle.

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

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

8. 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) It had a gas leak.
(c) There was no heat.
(d) The water was shut off.

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

10. How long did Smarsh research this book for?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 10 years.

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

12. In Chapter 2, what does Smarsh say their bodies were born into?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Pain.
(c) Hard labor.
(d) Want.

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

14. How did Nick describe his own mother Teresa to Smarsh?
(a) She was a soft woman.
(b) She was a hard woman.
(c) She was a fantastic cook.
(d) She was not made for the farming life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nick lose his pole barn in Chapter 2?

2. Who is Smarsh's grandmother on her mother's side?

3. What was the biggest loss of equipment from Nick's barn in Chapter 2?

4. Which city was Smarsh's family farm 30 miles west of?

5. Smarsh says the American economy is less like a dream than it is like which of the following?

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