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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Eugene's attitude toward sports?
(a) He loves sports but is not very good himself
(b) He is a awesome athelete
(c) He hates sports but could be a great player
(d) He hates sports because he is not very good

2. How old is Eugene in chapter 22?
(a) 14
(b) 16
(c) 12
(d) 18

3. What job does Luke have?
(a) He works with is father
(b) A paper route
(c) He sells magazines
(d) He sells produce

4. Who is Horse Hines?
(a) A stonecutter
(b) The local undertaker
(c) The Presbyterian minister
(d) A stable owner

5. Ben gets a physical, what is the result?
(a) Ben doesn't get straight answers from the doctor is thinks he might not be well
(b) The doctor gives him a glowing report but discourages him from going to war
(c) The doctor gives him a glowing report and encourages him to go to war
(d) The doctor tells him he is gravely ill and shouldn't go anywhere

6. What does Oliver threaten to do to Eliza?
(a) Kill her
(b) Send back to her family
(c) Have her arrested
(d) Leave her

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

8. Who is the dominant force in the Gant home?
(a) Helen
(b) Steve
(c) Oliver
(d) Eugene

9. In Part 2, Chapter 18 where does Steve live?
(a) Dixieland
(b) Indiana
(c) South Carolina
(d) New Orleans

10. What kind of church does Eugene usually attend?
(a) Catholic
(b) Presbyterian
(c) Methodist
(d) Baptist

11. To what state did Oliver just travel?
(a) Florida
(b) New York
(c) Illinois
(d) California

12. In Part 1, Chapter 7 how old is Oliver Gant?
(a) 40
(b) 50
(c) 56
(d) 76

13. Who do Eliza and Oliver partner with?
(a) Oliver's father Gilbert Gant
(b) Oliver's brother Steve Gant
(c) Eliza's father Nathan Pentland
(d) Eliza's brother Will Pentland

14. What does Oliver blame for Steve's problems?
(a) Eliza's overprotection
(b) His own drinking
(c) Mountain blood
(d) Tuberculosis

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Simon?

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

3. Where is Guy Doak from?

4. Who is the woman from South Carolina who comes to Altamont to stay during the summer and lives at the rooming house?

5. Who does Ben go to see?

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