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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. What job does Eugene take on in chapter 22?
(a) A paper route
(b) Working for his dad
(c) Working at a mill
(d) Working at Dixieland

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

3. Who does Oliver marry?
(a) Alma Pendleton
(b) Eliza Pentland
(c) Emma Pentley
(d) Wilma Pendergrass

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

5. How does Jennings tell Eugene to collect on some accounts?
(a) Take it in trade
(b) Get Ben to help him
(c) Use his fists
(d) Use a gun

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe Eugene as a student?

2. Steve returns in this chapter, where has he been?

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

4. Who dies of typhoid in this chapter?

5. What is the community where he works called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gant's relationship with Eugene his youngest son, when Eugene is a small boy.

2. Briefly explain the role of travel in the lives of the Gant family.

3. Briefly describe Eugene's attitude about the war.

4. Gant has many bad traits, but he also does some good things in this story. Describe some of the good things he brings to the family.

5. The Gant family is quite dysfunctional how do you think this issue is reflected in the lives of the children?

6. Why do you think Eliza continues to allow Gant to come to Dixieland?

7. How does Eugene handle the loss of the relationship with Laura?

8. Why do you think Eugene does not tell the Leonards about his job as a paper boy?

9. How do you think the amount of travel which Eugene is a part of as a child, effects his later years?

10. In what ways does Steve reflect his father's personality?

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