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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. Why did Cap not make the trip alone?
(a) He needed help with the maps.
(b) He was afraid to.
(c) He wanted more time with Lucy.
(d) He wanted his children to have a good time.

2. What have some of the people at the nursing home gotten Lucy interested in?
(a) Soap operas.
(b) Watching game shows.
(c) Playing bridge.
(d) Painting.

3. Lucy says that there aren't many _____________ at the nursing home.
(a) working TVs.
(b) visitors.
(c) men.
(d) good days.

4. What did Ned's mother not do after Ned went to war?
(a) Make his favorite dish.
(b) Go out of her yard.
(c) Can peaches.
(d) Sing.

5. How long do the slaves from The Lilacs remain after the fire?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 11 days.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Will keep the watch until it is safe to deliver it?

2. How many rooms were in Lady Marsden's mansion?

3. What is the name of the nursing home where Lucy lives?

4. To what rank has Will promoted himself in his war stories by the time he is 36?

5. How old is Lucy at the beginning of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which person does Lucy select as the topic of her paper on the Civil War, and how does she glean her information?

2. What role do soap operas play in the nursing home where Lucy lives now?

3. What is Will's behavior at the site where Ned was killed?

4. What is the premise of OLDEST LIVING CONFEDERATE WIDOW TELLS ALL?

5. How does Lucy first meet Castalia?

6. Who was Ned Smythe and what was his role in Willie's life?

7. Why did Will make the trip to Massachusetts to meet with Simon Utts' family?

8. Why is Lucy concerned for Will during the family's trip to view Civil War sites?

9. What is the initial relationship between Lucy and Castalia (Cassie)?

10. To what does Will attribute Cassie's aloof demeanor?

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