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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. How does Nick lose his pole barn in Chapter 2?
(a) It is struck by lightening.
(b) It is destroyed by a hurricane.
(c) It burns when he and his father try to burn off some grass nearby.
(d) It is destroyed in a tornado.

2. What did Smarsh's mother say about paying retail?
(a) It was impossible for poor people.
(b) It was for fools.
(c) It was only necessary if you were desperate.
(d) It was necessary.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Smarsh's paternal grandmother?

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

3. What derogatory term is popular today to describe rural people and farmers, but Smarsh can not recall hearing much growing up?

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

5. How did Smarsh's grandfather Chic die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kinds of health epidemics does Smarsh say rural families often face today?

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

3. In Part I, what happens shortly after the birth of Smarsh's brother that upsets and weights on Jeannie?

4. Why was Nick's barn burning down such a blow to Smarsh's family?

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

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

7. How do Smarsh's parents, Jeannie and Nick, meet?

8. How does Nick's pole barn burn down?

9. In Part I, what do Smarsh's parents do around the Fourth of July to make a significant amount of money?

10. In Part II, what event with small animals greatly upsets Smarsh?

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