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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. To whom is Jane Ellis speaking in the opening of Chapter 27?
(a) Elson Farwell.
(b) Mrs. Abigail Blass.
(c) Litzie.
(d) Thomas Havens.

2. How did Roger Bevins III attempt suicide?
(a) He hung himself.
(b) He slit is wrists.
(c) He overdosed.
(d) He shot himself.

3. What is the narrator's name in Chapter 1?
(a) Willie Lincoln.
(b) Hans Vollman.
(c) Lieutenant Cecil Stone.
(d) Thomas Havens.

4. Who among Mrs. Abigail Blass's children does she describe as having a bad foot?
(a) Sara.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Elson.
(d) Maribeth.

5. How many goats does Lieutenant Cecil Stone claim to have in Chapter 27?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the fictional author of Reckoning: An Insider’s Memories of Difficult Times?

2. Who was Abraham Lincoln's secretary during his first term?

3. Who did Mrs. Lincoln hire to cater her state dinner, according to the narrator in Chapter 3?

4. What does Mrs. Abigail Blass say her husband was NOT in Chapter 27?

5. What word from Chapter 32 refers to harsh and jarring sounds due to a lack of harmony?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mrs. Delaney's plight described in Chapter 31?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Abraham Lincoln do when he enters the mausoleum in Chapter 16?

9. What is the significance of the state dinner held by the Lincolns in the novel?

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

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