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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. In what state is the commodity in which Will invests?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Nebraska.

2. What advice does a woman in the train station give to Lucy?
(a) Home school the children.
(b) Get a nanny for the children.
(c) Don't run away.
(d) Divorce her husband.

3. Who was Bianca's father?
(a) Angus McCloud.
(b) Joseph Marsden.
(c) Stephen McCord.
(d) Andrew Harrington.

4. What did Cassie's mother do in the root cellar?
(a) Slit her wrist.
(b) Hanged herself.
(c) Carved a drawing on the wall.
(d) Tried to dig a tunnel.

5. In what has Will invested money?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Oil.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Cattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maimie put in Bianca's hair as a treatment?

2. What is Lucy cooking when her neighbor, Ruth, comes to tell her that she has a phone call?

3. How many men has Will killed?

4. Where does Will want to take Ned?

5. Who did Bianca marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucy do when she learns that Ned has been blinded in a hunting accident?

2. Why did Bianca try to push Lucy toward social refinement and how did Lucy feel about it?

3. How do Lucy's children feel about Cassie in their lives?

4. Describe Lucy and Will's separation after Ned's accident.

5. How do Will's financial decisions make the family vulnerable?

6. Describe Will's journey home after the end of the war.

7. What are the circumstances in which Maimie is terminated by Angus McCloud?

8. What story does Lady Marsden ask Cassie to tell as they wait for Sherman's troops to arrive?

9. Why is Will not interested in seeing General Lee during the surrender at Appomattox?

10. Why would Unison have behaved so mournfully at Prothero's funeral, especially when she did not care for him?

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