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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lusa use buckets to catch rainwater?
(a) Wash her hair.
(b) Drink.
(c) Wash clothes.
(d) Water plants.

2. According to Deanna, what do males sing for in the forest?
(a) The sheer pleasure of it.
(b) To warn other males away.
(c) Their mates.
(d) To mark their territory.

3. What label has Lusa been given by the community?
(a) City girl.
(b) Diva.
(c) Snob.
(d) Spoiled brat.

4. What does Lusa wear to her husband's wake?
(a) A borrowed black dress.
(b) A black veil.
(c) A string of pearls that Cole had given her.
(d) An apron.

5. What is Garnett doing in Chapter 14 that is making him sore?
(a) Painting his house.
(b) Mowing his lawn.
(c) Working in the field.
(d) Fixing his tractor.

6. What business is Lusa interested in starting?
(a) Raising goats for milk.
(b) A kennel.
(c) Raising beneficial insects.
(d) Raising goats for meat.

7. What is a "sang"?
(a) Plant.
(b) Bird.
(c) Tree frog.
(d) Rabbit.

8. What color is the mold that attacks tobacco plants?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

9. What is the roof of Lusa's farmhouse made of?
(a) Wood.
(b) Slate.
(c) Asphalt.
(d) Tin.

10. What significant event passes for Lusa in Chapter 8?
(a) Cole's birthday.
(b) Her wedding anniversary.
(c) Her birthday.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

11. What was Lusa's odd dream about in Chapter 5?
(a) A child.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her old life.
(d) A moth making love to her.

12. What is George Tick's gas station giving away?
(a) Calendars.
(b) Dipsticks.
(c) Maps.
(d) Sodas.

13. In what manner does Deanna want Eddie to walk in the forest?
(a) Crouched down.
(b) Loudly to deter bears.
(c) Ahead of her.
(d) Softly, not to scare the animals.

14. In Chapter 12, whom does Garnett write a letter to?
(a) Hannie-Mavis.
(b) Deanna.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Nannie.

15. How is Cole killed?
(a) Shooting.
(b) Truck accident.
(c) Trampled by horse.
(d) Hit by a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garnett have a strong interest in?

2. Who befriends Lusa at her husband's wake?

3. Besides his family, what was the only thing that Lusa's grandfather brought to the United States from Poland?

4. Where did Lusa meet Cole?

5. What animal does Eddie describe Deanna as?

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