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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why have Margret and her mother sold household items?
(a) To have a little money to run the household.
(b) To send Margret to school.
(c) To buy chickens.
(d) To invest in the mill.

2. What makes the house seem like it used to be?
(a) The smell of baking bread.
(b) The sound of gentle rain.
(c) The firelight.
(d) The music.

3. What does Margret feel will return?
(a) Comfort and beauty.
(b) Illness.
(c) Slavery.
(d) War.

4. What does Margret find that prompts her to write this story?
(a) Newspaper articles.
(b) An old ledger.
(c) A diary.
(d) Some love letters.

5. What is Margret glad that her father cannot see?
(a) That she and her mother have sold many household items.
(b) Her mother's weary face.
(c) The empty cupboards.
(d) The shabbiness of the furniture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT characterize Margret's world?

2. What does Margret hope people will know from her story?

3. Margret shares office space with ____________.

4. What does Dr. Knowles do when walking with Mr. Howth outside?

5. Which of the following is NOT an element of the Howth household?

(see the answer key)

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