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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 26, whom is the Forest Service agent looking for?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Nannie.
(c) Deanna.
(d) Garrett.

2. What is covering Lusa's garage?
(a) Tarp.
(b) Spider webs.
(c) Moss.
(d) Honeysuckle.

3. Who cuts down trees for Garnett and Nannie, in Chapter 20?
(a) Big Rickie.
(b) Jarondell.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Little Rickie.

4. What is oozing out of the church walls?
(a) Paint.
(b) Water.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sap.

5. Jewel says that her painkillers make her stupid as a what?
(a) Dirt.
(b) A board.
(c) A cow.
(d) A rock.

6. How old is Nannie?
(a) 75.
(b) 70.
(c) 65.
(d) 82.

7. According to Nannie, God's creation is all about what?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Love.
(d) Eating and reproducing.

8. According to Hannie-Mavis, why is the family afraid of Lusa owning the farm?
(a) She'll go bankrupt and lose it.
(b) She'll turn it into something that Cole didn't want.
(c) She'll sell it.
(d) She'll re-marry and it will go to her new husband.

9. What does Lusa think she might try growing?
(a) Winter wheat.
(b) Grass.
(c) Soybeans.
(d) Cotton.

10. In Chapter 28, what Garnett thinks is a stranger by Nannie's garden, turns out to be what?
(a) A shovel.
(b) A bent tree.
(c) A fencepost.
(d) A scarecrow.

11. What is the reason that Lusa gives Crys for keeping the farm, in Chapter 21?
(a) She needs something that is all hers.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) To prove that she can do it.
(d) Cole's memory.

12. What has killed all the baby phoebes?
(a) A snake.
(b) Their mother's death.
(c) A raccoon.
(d) A hawk.

13. What does Crys say that Uncle Rickie calls "boogers"?
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Vines.
(c) Tadpoles.
(d) Moths.

14. In their childhood, Deanna and Rachel played in what?
(a) Caves.
(b) Trees.
(c) Tents.
(d) The backyard.

15. According to Garnett, what is the "fastest growing plant this side of China"?
(a) Pokeberry.
(b) Poison ivy.
(c) Blackberry cane.
(d) Honeysuckle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical ailment has Garnett suffered from for years?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Deanna say that she is going to do or "die trying"?

3. What does Eddie think Deanna needs to make her feel better?

4. What is the main question that Deanna keeps asking herself?

5. In Chapter 27, what does Lusa tell Little Rickie that she is going to be soon?

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