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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. In Chapter 27, what energizes Lusa?
(a) A break in the weather.
(b) Crys and Lowell.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Work that needs to be done.

2. What condition does Lusa have to treat in her herd?
(a) Scabies.
(b) Bloat.
(c) Worms.
(d) Hoof rot.

3. What grade did Deanna teach, when she was married?
(a) Kindergarten.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 7th.
(d) 8th.

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

5. What does Nannie call the greatest invention of life?
(a) Family.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Nannie, there is nothing as important as having what?

3. In Chapter 18, what does Crys not want to wear?

4. How old was Nannie's daughter, when she died?

5. When telling people about her plans, Lusa says that she is going to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Deanna think that falling trees will never crush her cabin?

2. In Chapter 18, Lusa spends quality time with Crys. What are some things that she finds out about her?

3. What reasons does Lusa give Jewel for wanting to adopt her children?

4. What realizations does Deanna have, alone in a rainstorm, in Chapter 29?

5. What do Nannie and Garnett call each other, at the end of Chapter 28?

6. What does Garnett tell Nannie is the reason that he will not reach out to his son?

7. Deanna finally opens up to Eddie about her half-sister, in Chapter 16. What does she tell him?

8. In Chapter 23, what are Garnett and Nannie's differing views on old age?

9. In Chapter 17, what remark does Nannie make that causes Garnett to wonder if he may have been responsible for his wife's death?

10. In Chapter 30, Lusa is finally beginning to feel like what?

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