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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 old does the narrator say he was on his wedding day in Chapter 1?
(a) 42.
(b) 46.
(c) 35.
(d) 29.

2. Who are the children that are constantly receiving presents in the vignette at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Antoine and Jackson.
(b) Tad and Willie.
(c) James and Jasper.
(d) John and Jerry.

3. Who wrote The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage?
(a) Margaret Garrett.
(b) Daniel Mark Epstein.
(c) James Morgan.
(d) Jo Brunt.

4. Who is the wealthy man with several properties that Roger and Hans encounter in Chapter 38?
(a) Mrs. Delaney.
(b) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(c) Mr. Twood.
(d) Mr. Collier.

5. Who does Roger Bevins III describe Mrs. Traynor singing merrily in Chapter 32?
(a) "The Star-Spangled Banner."
(b) "A Heavy Bough Hung Down."
(c) "The Sun Rises Above the Clouds."
(d) "Amazing Grace."

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon whose face does the Reverend Thomas place his hands in Chapter 29?

2. What word does Betsy Baron describe Cziesniewski as having trying to pronounce?

3. What work is cited in Chapter 2 by David Von Drehle?

4. What literary work is attributed to Ruth Painter Randall in the book?

5. What word from Chapter 35 means feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Flanders Quinn and how is he described?

2. What are some examples of cited excerpts included in Chapters 3 and 4? What information do they relate?

3. How is Abraham Lincoln's demeanor described in the Wartime Washington: The Civil War Letters of Isabelle Perkins excerpt in Chapter 7?

4. How is Mr. Collier described in the novel?

5. What is the inciting incident that transitions the plot to rising action?

6. Who are the Three Bachelors and how are they described?

7. What does the tendril that wraps Willie symbolic of?

8. What is notable about the dialogues of Eddie and Betsy Baron?

9. How are Mr. Randall and Mr. Twood described?

10. How does Hans Vollman describe his death in Chapter 1?

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