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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are the twins when ConaLee takes them to the neighbors'?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 12 weeks.
(d) 18 weeks.

2. What color is the door at the asylum?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

3. What does O'Shea give ConaLee and her mother to eat when they arrive at the asylum?
(a) Sourdough bread.
(b) Johnnycakes.
(c) Grits and eggs.
(d) Rye bread.

4. In "The Sharpshooter, Afflicted," how many rowboats rot in a bend of a stream?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

5. What month was it when ConaLee took the boy to Dearbhla's during a time when the creek's were rising?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) August.
(d) June.

6. Where was Dearbhla's family from?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Germany.
(d) Wales.

7. Where does Eliza have to get her rifle from after the man called Reb leaves?
(a) Grave.
(b) Creek.
(c) Tree.
(d) Blackberry bramble.

8. What color is Mrs. Bowman, the matron, wearing when ConaLee first sees her?
(a) Black.
(b) Dark green.
(c) Navy.
(d) Brown.

9. What did ConaLee's father call the boy baby?
(a) Kid.
(b) Chap.
(c) Pip.
(d) Boy.

10. When Papa would come from town in the evening, what would he bring?
(a) Tonic, bread, and cheese.
(b) Books, bread, and cheese.
(c) Lamp oil, bread, and cheese.
(d) Meat, bread, and cheese.

11. How long was Dearbhla's mother failing before she died?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 13 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 6 months.

12. Where did the clothes Mama wears come from?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Church ladies.
(c) Widowed man.
(d) A great-aunt.

13. What was the scene on a blue flow plate that ConaLee's mother valued?
(a) Virginia Beach, Virginia.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Chatanooga, Tennessee.
(d) Charleston, South Carolina.

14. What type of berries edged Dearbhla's woods?
(a) Raspberries.
(b) Mulberries.
(c) Gooseberries.
(d) Blackberries.

15. What is the population of Alexandria at the time Dearbhla goes to find the Sharpshooter?
(a) About 15,000.
(b) 13,000.
(c) 11,500.
(d) Almost 12,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is ConaLee's mother?

2. How big was the house ConaLee left?

3. How old was the first baby when Mama became pregnant with the twins?

4. What is in the saddlebags of the man who tries to rape Eliza?

5. When did Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride write about the tragedy that insanity required patients to leave their families?

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