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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Eugene and George Graves do in this chapter?
(a) Slip out at night and forage for food
(b) Take a trip through town
(c) Take a trip to Steve's house
(d) Take a trip to Daisy's house

2. What is Eugene's principal's name?
(a) Mr. Graham
(b) Mr. Dalton
(c) Mr. Leonard
(d) Mr. Spaulding

3. Who does Mrs. Leonard help with information about the war?
(a) George Graves
(b) Jennings Ware
(c) Eugene
(d) Ben

4. What does Eliza want from Oliver?
(a) For him to move back to Dixieland
(b) She needs money for her roominghouse
(c) The angel in front of his shop
(d) His stonecutter shop

5. What happens to Eliza in 1900?
(a) Her brother Will dies
(b) She and Oliver's marriage collapses
(c) Steve, her oldest child, dies
(d) She gets pregnant again

6. What is true about food in the Gant home?
(a) It was poorly prepared
(b) There was never enough
(c) The children were given very small amounts
(d) It was always abundant

7. Who dies of typhoid in this chapter?
(a) Helen
(b) Ben
(c) Grover
(d) Oliver

8. How long does he attend the new school set up by the Leonards?
(a) 1 year
(b) 6 months
(c) 5 years
(d) 4 years

9. In this chapter where does Eugene's father take him?
(a) To the local food market
(b) To the World's Fair
(c) To a local tavern
(d) Across the street from his shop for a soda

10. Who does Eugene not tell about his new job?
(a) The Leonards
(b) Oliver
(c) Eliza
(d) Ben

11. Where has Oliver been when Steve goes to get him?
(a) Visiting a prostitute
(b) Working at his shop
(c) Working on a farm
(d) Visiting his family in Richmond

12. Who does Ben fight in this chapter?
(a) Eugene
(b) Luke
(c) Steve
(d) Oliver

13. What is the name of Eliza's rooming house?
(a) Tara
(b) Southland
(c) Altamont
(d) Dixieland

14. What illness does Eliza have?
(a) Bright's disease
(b) Heart disease
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Cancer

15. What does Coker do?
(a) He is a stable owner
(b) He is a pharmacist
(c) He is the local undertaker
(d) He is a lung specialist

Short Answer Questions

1. Gilbert Guant changed his name to what?

2. How would you characterize Eugene and school?

3. By the age of 15 what set of literary facts does Eugene know?

4. What event causes Eliza to go to run a boarding house?

5. What is the family's reaction when he returns?

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