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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of dinsfectant does Vera use when she cleans the cafe?

2. What is the Connaught team name?

3. What time does Vera start cleaning the cafe everyday?

4. How much land did Alec buy when he bought the farm where Markham is a tenant?

5. When Earl was learning to be a farmer, when was the crop ready to cut?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Daniel treated at school?

2. How do Vera and Daniel move their things in Chapter 14?

3. How does Vera's business pick up at the cafe?

4. Why does Vera buy a television and where does she put it?

5. How does Alec feel once he realizes that Vera and Daniel are gone for good?

6. Why is November a difficult time for Vera?

7. What idea does Stutz give Vera for work?

8. How does Vera act when she gets discouraged and neglected?

9. What did Alec try to get Earl to do after he graduated from high school and why?

10. Why does Vera prefer John F. Kennedy for the United States president?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

Alec and Daniel have a man-to-man talk. Why do Alec and Daniel have a man-to-man talk? Why is important for Alec to give Daniel advice about growing up?

Essay Topic 3

Vera tends to get upset easily. Why does Vera tend to get upset easily? Why is Vera argumentative and difficult to get along with?

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