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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 time is Miriam's wedding held?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) Morning.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) 5 p.m.

2. What is the date in Chapter 13?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1941.

3. What time does Joan hear the phone ring in Chapter 23?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 5:15 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 5:45 a.m.

4. What year is it in Chapter 15?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1998.

5. In Chapter 13, who yells for Hazel and Myron to get off her lawn?
(a) Miss Rachel.
(b) Miss Charlotte.
(c) Miss Dawn.
(d) Miss Louisa.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the fall of the towers at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon does August close her shop?

2. In Chapter 15, what does August make for breakfast?

3. In Chapter 22, in how many years will Miriam be a nurse?

4. What branch of service did Myron serve in during the war?

5. Who comes to the North house in Chapter 24 early in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miriam want Joan to be a doctor?

2. How do the visits August makes to see Derek affect her?

3. Who calls in Chapter 23, and what decision is made after the call?

4. Why is Derek arrested in Chapter 18?

5. What does Della do for a living, and what type of job does she do?

6. What are August, Miriam, and Joan doing in Chapter 24, when the doorbell rings after two in the morning, and who do they find at the door?

7. What role does Hazel play in her mother's business?

8. Why does August want the children walked to school by armed gun members in Chapter 15?

9. What does Professor Mason, Joan's art teacher at Rhodes suggest her senior year?

10. How long has Miss Dawn known August?

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