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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. How would you describe Eugene as a student?
(a) He is slow and doesn't work very hard
(b) He works very hard and picks things up very fast
(c) He picks things up quick but is not very dedicated
(d) He is very slow but works hard to make good grades

2. What is the family's reaction when he returns?
(a) Eliza is angry but the children are happy
(b) Eliza and the children are glad he's back
(c) Eliza and the children are upset that he is back
(d) Eliza is happy but the children are angry

3. What else has Eugene memorized?
(a) Many English poems
(b) Many French poems
(c) The peridoic table of chemicals
(d) The Declaration of Independence

4. What caused the scar on Eugene's forehead?
(a) He was hit by a gate handle
(b) He was hit in the head by his father's hammer
(c) He fell in a well
(d) He was kicked by a horse

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Guy Doak do for Eugene?

2. What does Eugene get a lot of teasing for as a young boy?

3. What illness does Eliza have?

4. Ben gets a physical, what is the result?

5. What happens to Eliza in 1900?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe Gant's deteriorating family situation.

2. 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.

3. Why do you think it is significant that both of Eugene's parents attend his graduation?

4. What is the major stumbling block to this relationship?

5. Is there any significance to the fact that Helen is the one who takes Gant to Baltimore for treatment of his cancer?

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

7. How would you describe Eliza as a business woman?

8. What do you think Eugene's laughter at the funeral home signifies?

9. Explain why you think Ben will not allow Eliza in his room when he is so ill?

10. Briefly explain the Gant childrens' work experiences as children.

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