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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What month does Vera come back to Connaught with Daniel?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) August.

2. When Earl was learning to be a farmer, when was the crop ready to cut?
(a) 2nd week of August.
(b) 1st week of September.
(c) 2nd week of September.
(d) 3rd week of August.

3. In Chapter 17, who is Vera's one regular customer?
(a) The Lutheran preacher.
(b) The butcher.
(c) The jeweller.
(d) A drayman.

4. How many years of smoke and grease cake the walls of the cafe when Vera tackles cleaning it?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 25.

5. Who come to Connaught to pave the streets and sidewalks?
(a) Irish.
(b) Germans.
(c) Mexicans.
(d) Portuguese.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the lake where Alec remembers seeing his father standing?

2. When the boom comes to Connaught, how many hours does Vera work a day, seven days a week?

3. What color eyes do Daniel and Vera have?

4. In Chapter 9, how many years has Alec tried to get his tenant, Marker to seed a pasture to flax?

5. How did a fire start in Earl's wheat crop?

(see the answer key)

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