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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 Little Rickie give Lusa?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A bouquet.
(c) A kiss.
(d) A present.

2. How many years has Deanna lived in the forest?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. Where do coyotes live?
(a) Den.
(b) Burrow.
(c) Cave.
(d) Lair.

4. What attacked Garnett's boot?
(a) Barbed wire.
(b) A snake.
(c) A snapping turtle.
(d) A gopher.

5. Whom do Eddie & Deanna find in a tree?
(a) Herb Goins.
(b) Little Rickie Bowling.
(c) Sam Hill.
(d) Joel Sexton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Eddie & Deanna searching for in Chapter 13?

2. What label has Lusa been given by the community?

3. What does Garnett call his ancestors?

4. What is Deanna eating in Chapter 4?

5. What does Garnett blame for the pests on his property?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think Garnett's religious beliefs are the basis for his constant disapproval of Nannie and her lifestyle?

2. How does Lusa feel that the townspeople look at her, since Cole's death?

3. What is the ritual for traditional Muslin prayer?

4. Was Nannie right in moving her "No Spray Zone" sign onto the bank bordering Garnett's property?

5. What is Lusa's plan for her goats?

6. In Chapter 15, Lusa finds she is happier than she has been a long time. Explain this change.

7. Why do Cole and Lusa fight a lot?

8. Why does Eddie make Deanna nervous?

9. What is Eddie like, at the beginning of the book and how does Deanna react to him?

10. Do you think it odd that Lusa dreams of a moth making love to her?

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