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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 Prothero dump onto Unison's musical instrument?
(a) Maple syrup.
(b) Tea.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Gunpowder.

2. Why does Maimie always quit her job?
(a) She gets bored really quickly.
(b) She doesn't think she earns enough money.
(c) She is always moving around.
(d) She doesn't want people to know she can't read.

3. What happens to the tribe members who go onto the boat?
(a) They are forced off by knife point.
(b) They are tossed overboard.
(c) They are put into chains.
(d) They are made to clean the boat.

4. What does Lucy plan to do when Will returns from the hunting trip?
(a) Go to the hospital.
(b) Shoot him.
(c) Have him arrested.
(d) Make him burn all his guns.

5. Why does Lucy decide not to leave Will?
(a) She would be afraid to be without him.
(b) It is not something women of her class do.
(c) He is the father of her children.
(d) It would be embarrassing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Will been in the army at the war's end?

2. How does Lucy feel about where Will wants to take Ned?

3. Unison's father and three brothers were all killed in the span of ________________.

4. Who takes Ned for his blind training classes?

5. What happens to Lucy's diamond ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Maimie decide to kill herself?

2. What was the fate of Cassie and her parents?

3. How does Lieutenant Prothero behave inappropriately toward Unison Randolph?

4. Why does Lucy decide to leave her family and what gives her validation on her decision?

5. What is significant about the diamond ring that Baby swallowed?

6. Describe Lucy's success at teaching Sunday School

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

8. Who is Maimie L. Beech?

9. Describe how Cassie and her family members were taken aboard the big boat in Africa.

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

(see the answer keys)

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