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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 does Dr. Burleigh state that Rosicky has that will provide him comfort?
(a) His animals.
(b) His sewing.
(c) His land.
(d) His family.

2. What does Rosicky have that is long and brown?
(a) A cigar.
(b) Hair.
(c) A mustache.
(d) A rake.

3. What is the kolache stuffed with that Mrs. Rosicky takes out of the oven?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Apricots.

4. What did Rosicky find wrong with the cities?
(a) They "cemented you away from any contact with the ground".
(b) They "took you away from your loves".
(c) They "captured your freedom".
(d) They "sealed you into a world of work and pain".

5. What day did the young Rosicky find out what was "the matter with him"?
(a) Easter.
(b) The twenty-fourth of July.
(c) The Fourth of July.
(d) Christmas Day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rosicky ask the doctor for instead of pills for his bad heart?

2. Mary tells the creamery agent that she would rather put some color into her children's faces than what?

3. What color is the grass that the graveyard is overgrown with?

4. What is in the soil on Mr. Rosicky's farm?

5. Rosicky claims he was short of breath doing what last summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mary leaves to go to town to see Doctor Ed, what does she have her boys do?

2. Why did Polly marry Rudolph and how did they know each other?

3. As the doctor writes the prescription for Rosicky, whom does he inquire about and who are they?

4. According to Rosicky, what is the problem with big cities?

5. What kind of work does the doctor limit Rosicky to?

6. Why was it hard for Rosicky to figure out why he felt "restless"?

7. Why did the doctor stop by last winter for breakfast at the Rosickys'?

8. What does Rosicky do when he leaves Doctor Burleigh's office?

9. What have Mary and Anton agreed upon about life?

10. How did Rosicky end up in New York?

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