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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. Who cuts Father Tim's hair at the salon?
(a) Cindy.
(b) Fancy.
(c) Madge.
(d) Paula.

2. Who is Dooley?
(a) A gardener.
(b) A boy in Father Tim's custody.
(c) A valet.
(d) A bartender.

3. Who arrives during Cynthia's dinner party?
(a) Monty.
(b) Joe.
(c) Andy.
(d) Buck.

4. Driving past a billboard prompts Father Tim to wonder about what?
(a) How much a billboard costs.
(b) If the church should advertise in some way.
(c) Mack Stroupe's motivations for running for mayor.
(d) A time before billboards dotted the landscape.

5. Mitford is a fictional town located in what state?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Michigan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Father Tim's wife?

2. Who is the current mayor of Mitford?

3. How many of her children did Pauline give away?

4. What is Buck Leeper's profession?

5. What does Lace help Cynthia do every day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good deed does Father Tim do for Pauline instead of taking some time off with Cynthia?

2. Who is Mack Stroupe?

3. Who is Dooley?

4. How does the author use foreshadowing regarding Winnie's entry into a contest to wind a cruise?

5. What are Father Tim's concerns about the mayoral race and in what way does he get involved?

6. How is Father Tim conflicted over the decision to sell Fernbank to Miami Development?

7. Who is Miami Development Company and why does Father Tim get irritated with them as he shows them around Fernbank?

8. What is the Primrose Tea and how is Father Tim more involved than usual?

9. What foreshadowing does the author use regarding Winnie's dream of a dark-haired man?

10. How does Father Tim show compassion toward Harley?

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