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

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

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

4. How much money did Boeing once cut a check to Betty's grandmother for?
(a) Ten cents.
(b) One dollar.
(c) One cent.
(d) Twenty-five cents.

5. Which city was Smarsh's family farm 30 miles west of?
(a) Wichita.
(b) Lawrence.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Texarcana.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Smarsh's father born?

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

3. What did Smarsh's family do one July 4 to make money?

4. Who was married to Dorothy, Smarsh's great-grandmother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Smarsh love going to church as a child?

2. What are Smarsh's memories of her father Nick like from childhood?

3. What birthday does Smarsh's father have that Smarsh feels is a sort of poetic for him?

4. What was Smarsh's relationship with her mother like when Smarsh was a young child?

5. Why does Smarsh address her child that has never been conceived or born as "August?"

6. In Part I, what is one of Nick's greatest accomplishments in carpentry?

7. In Part I, why was Jeannie considering calling off her wedding to Nick, and what changed her mind?

8. What skill did Jeannie and Nick both have in common?

9. Why does Smarsh feel she needs to be so vigilant in childhood?

10. In Part I, what is one main reason Betty says yes when Arnie asks her to dance the first time they meet?

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