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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 did Deanna's father do to diffuse his grief about having to sell their farm?
(a) Talk to the land.
(b) Drink.
(c) Gamble.
(d) Fight.

2. What is Lusa doing at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Washing dishes.
(b) Staring at the stars.
(c) Milking a cow.
(d) Weeping.

3. Who asked Deanna how she can "live up here alone"?
(a) Nannie.
(b) Lusa.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Eddie.

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

5. What does Garnett feel is part of growing old?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Sore joints.
(c) No human touch.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Eddie describe Deanna as?

2. How do Little Rickie's friends describe Lusa?

3. Where would Garnett play, as a boy?

4. Where do coyotes live?

5. In Chapter 10, how many days have passed since Cole's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Deanna physically attack Eddie, in Chapter 7?

3. How does Deanna equate her husband with the typical "male animal"?

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

5. What does Garnett warn Lusa about, when she wants to place an ad for goats?

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

7. How has Deanna ended up as a forest ranger, studying coyotes?

8. What does Nannie need to do to keep her organic farming certification valid?

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

10. Why is Garnett disheartened by the farms in the area?

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