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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Mr. Holmes promise to return?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) The day after Christmas.

2. What color does Lois notice that Miss Herne is wearing?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

3. Dr. Knowles' vision for the commune is now ___________________.
(a) Just a dream.
(b) Stronger than ever.
(c) Just ashes.
(d) Just a memory.

4. Who stays by Mr. Holmes' bedside continually during his recuperation?
(a) Margret.
(b) Miss Herne.
(c) Mrs. Howth.
(d) Lois.

5. What did Joe do after the fire at the mill?
(a) Visited Mr. Holmes every day.
(b) Apologized to Dr. Knowles.
(c) Turned himself in to the police.
(d) Disappeared.

6. What are Lois and Joe doing as Chapter 7 begins?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Keeping watch at the mill.
(c) Going to church.
(d) Delivering produce.

7. What type of institution does Dr. Knowles plan to open?
(a) AIDS clinic.
(b) Socialist healing.
(c) Research center.
(d) Hospice.

8. Dr. Knowles capitalizes on Margret's ____________________.
(a) Sympathy.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Need to feel needed.
(d) Organizational skills.

9. What does Lois do after her father walks her home?
(a) Sets out the breakfast dishes.
(b) Loads her wagon for deliveries.
(c) Secretly follows him back to the mill.
(d) Goes to sleep.

10. Other than Lois, who does the carriage pass by on its way to town?
(a) Margret.
(b) Mrs. Howth.
(c) Joel.
(d) Dr. Knowles.

11. Who does Mr. Holmes encounter as he approaches Lois' house to visit her on Christmas Eve?
(a) Joel.
(b) Dr. Knowles.
(c) Joe.
(d) Mr. Pike.

12. What will Dr. Knowles call his new institution?
(a) Knowles' Souls Center.
(b) The Knowles Institute.
(c) House of Refuge.
(d) The Knowles Research Center.

13. Who has agreed to work with Dr. Knowles at his new institution?
(a) Lois.
(b) Mr. Holmes.
(c) Mrs. Howth.
(d) Margret.

14. Why does Margret think Mr. Holmes has come to her house tonight?
(a) To ask the Howth family to Christmas dinner.
(b) To give her a check for the House of Refuge.
(c) To announce his wedding plans.
(d) To bring gifts for everyone.

15. What deadline does Mr. Holmes give himself to be better?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) Christmas Eve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Lois NOT think about Miss Herne?

2. What topic of conversation does Margret veer away from?

3. Dr. Knowles shows Margret the corpse of a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide by __________________-.

4. Where does Dr. Knowles lead Margret on the way home?

5. What does Mr. Holmes do that surprises Margret?

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