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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. When did Smarsh go to New York City for the first time?
(a) 2010.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1996.
2. Which city was Smarsh's family farm 30 miles west of?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Texarcana.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Wichita.
3. 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 the restaurants near the courthouse.
(c) Because of the good benefits she would be entitled to with a state job.
(d) Because she liked being in the city.
4. How much money did Boeing once cut a check to Betty's grandmother for?
(a) Twenty-five cents.
(b) One cent.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Ten cents.
5. What is the name Smarsh comes up with for her unconceived, unborn daughter?
(a) Arnie.
(b) August.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Betty.
Short Answer Questions
1. What song does Smarsh remember dancing to in her family room?
2. Who is Smarsh's grandmother on her mother's side?
3. Why did Betty and Smarsh leave Betty's new house in the middle of the night in Chapter 3?
4. What is Smarsh's nickname as a child?
5. What life-threatening injury befalls Betty as a child?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Nick's pole barn burn down?
2. In Part II, how does Smarsh describe her great-grandfather, Aaron, drawing on others' memories?
3. Why was Nick's barn burning down such a blow to Smarsh's family?
4. In Part II, what event with small animals greatly upsets Smarsh?
5. In Part I, what is one main reason Betty says yes when Arnie asks her to dance the first time they meet?
6. What are Smarsh's memories of her father Nick like from childhood?
7. Why does Smarsh address her child that has never been conceived or born as "August?"
8. What was Smarsh's relationship with her mother like when Smarsh was a young child?
9. How does Nick become so sick in Part II?
10. In Part I, what happens with Jeannie that Betty takes to heart because she thinks it symbolizes her failures as a mother?
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