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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Knowles tell Mr. Holmes he has been doing today?
(a) Surveying property.
(b) Buying new equipment.
(c) Hosting a business meeting.
(d) Interviewing people.

2. What is the name of Margret's long lost dog?
(a) Sam.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Chuckie.
(d) Rex.

3. Who is the author of MARGRET HOWTH: A STORY OF TO-DAY?
(a) Rebecca Hardison Davis.
(b) Roberta Harding Davis.
(c) Rebecca Harding Davis.
(d) Rebecca Sunnybrook Davis.

4. Where does Lois live?
(a) In a rowhouse.
(b) In a shack by the railroad track.
(c) In an old farmhouse.
(d) In a room in a house near the mill.

5. What time of day is it when Chapter 2 begins?
(a) Noon.
(b) Night.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Dawn.

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

7. How can Margret's work be best described?
(a) Energizing.
(b) Stimulating.
(c) Political.
(d) Tedious.

8. What does Margret see coming down the road?
(a) A riderless horse.
(b) A hay wagon.
(c) A vendor's wagon.
(d) A horse and buggy.

9. Which of the following does NOT describe the conditions in the mill where Lois Yare worked as a child?
(a) State-of-the-art.
(b) Poor ventilation.
(c) Little food.
(d) Dark.

10. With whom does Lois share her room?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

11. What does Mr. Holmes feel about his broken engagement to Margret?
(a) He never even thinks of it.
(b) He still has pain over it.
(c) He is trying to get back with Margret.
(d) He thinks about it once in awhile.

12. What is the setting for Chapter 2?
(a) The school.
(b) The Methodist church.
(c) The Howth home.
(d) The mill.

13. Which of the following does NOT describe Lois' condition?
(a) Brain damage.
(b) Rickets.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Mulatto.

14. Where does Dr. Knowles go when he leaves the Howth home?
(a) The church.
(b) A bar.
(c) His own home.
(d) The mill.

15. What does Dr. Knowles do when walking with Mr. Howth outside?
(a) Holds back tree branches.
(b) Pushes Mr. Howth in a wheelchair.
(c) Holds Mr. Howth's arm.
(d) Kicks away stones from the path.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Howth doing as Margret does her chores?

2. What was Mr. Howth's profession?

3. What does Margret make particular note of regarding the ledger?

4. Which of the following has Margret NOT given up in order to work?

5. In what time period does the book take place?

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