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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 nationality was the woman who watched Olive when she was little and her mother was teaching school?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Finnish.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Norwegian.

2. What does Fergus MacPherson do with his Civil War uniform after the encampment?
(a) Throws it in the garbage.
(b) Puts it back in the trunk.
(c) Donates it to a thrift shop.
(d) Takes it to the cleaners.

3. How old was the MacPhersons' grandson when he and their daughter lived with them for a time?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

4. What time is Helen released from the hospital in "Exiles"?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 10:30 p.m.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) 11 p.m.

5. In "Friend," who does Olive start eating supper with?
(a) Myers.
(b) Jensons.
(c) Chipmans.
(d) Watsons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Betty have?

2. How many years ago does Olive remember in "The Poet," that Andrea used to walk the roads of Crosby alone?

3. Where is Barbara Paxnik from?

4. Where was Halima born?

5. How old is Lisa MacPherson in "The End of the Civil War Days"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Halima from and how many siblings does she have?

2. Why does Olive decide she needs a typewriter, and how does she get one?

3. What does Fergus do during Civil War Days in the park in Crosby?

4. What does Lisa MacPherson do and where does she live?

5. What happens to Helen at the end of "Exiles"?

6. What living arrangements do Fergus and Ethel MacPherson have?

7. What does the park look like in "The End of Civil War Days" and how is it different from when Fergus was a kid?

8. Where do Jim and Helen Burgess travel in "Exiles" and why?

9. What did Jack tell Olive when they flew to Oslo, and she refused to fly first class?

10. What were the circumstances surrounding the death of Jim and Bob's father?

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