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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rosacoke's mother tells her about ____________________.
(a) Sewing techniques.
(b) Sex.
(c) Her ancestors.
(d) Her own past mistakes.

2. What topic does Sammy bring up with Rosacoke?
(a) Sissie and Milo's dead baby.
(b) Her plans to marry Wesley.
(c) Her job at the telephone company.
(d) The weather.

3. Who does Rosacoke see at church?
(a) Rato.
(b) Wesley.
(c) Mildred's baby.
(d) Willie's fiance.

4. What does Rosacoke do when she arrives home?
(a) Irons her clothes.
(b) Takes a bath.
(c) Curls her hair.
(d) Writes a letter to Wesley.

5. Who is Sammy?
(a) The milkman.
(b) A hunter.
(c) Mr. Isaac's attendant.
(d) A farrier.

6. Why does Rosacoke want to park the car and wait?
(a) To see the does following the deer.
(b) To listen to music.
(c) To watch the stars.
(d) To kiss Wesley.

7. How long does Rosacoke stay with Mildred's family that day?
(a) Just long enough to snap a couple pictures.
(b) A couple hours.
(c) Quite awhile.
(d) Overnight.

8. How does Wesley radically alter the romantic mood between Rosacoke and Wesley?
(a) He tells her he is engaged to someone else.
(b) He answers his cell phone.
(c) He makes fun of her ears.
(d) He calls out another girl's name in the heat of passion.

9. What diverts Wesley and Rosacoke's attention?
(a) An animal running across the road.
(b) A flat tire.
(c) A crack from the radio.
(d) A sudden thunderstorm.

10. Why is Rosacoke going to photograph Mildred's baby?
(a) So that long distance relatives can see what he looks like.
(b) To put it in the church bulletin.
(c) To publish a birth announcement in the paper.
(d) To make Christmas cards.

11. Wesley's nature can best be described as _______________.
(a) Obtuse.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Probing.
(d) Joyous.

12. Who is with Wesley when Rosacoke approaches the Beaver house?
(a) His uncle.
(b) Willie's fiance.
(c) His brother.
(d) Willie.

13. Why is Rosacoke humiliated?
(a) She burped in church.
(b) Wesley has not come to call.
(c) She fell down the church steps.
(d) Her dress ripped in church.

14. What happens between Rosacoke and Wesley while they wait in the woods?
(a) They agree to get married.
(b) They make up.
(c) They have sex.
(d) They have a huge argument.

15. The situation of Rosacoke's pregnancy at the time of her brother's baby dying is what type of literary technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Irony.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milo do in the weeks following the death of the baby?

2. What is noteworthy about Rosacoke's relationship with Mildred and Sammy?

3. How many children does Rosacoke's mother have?

4. What does Wesley mean by "repercussions?"

5. What had Rosacoke's mother thought she could do with her husband after marriage?

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