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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 kind of surgery does Garnett's doctor want him to have?
(a) Back.
(b) Cataract.
(c) Knee replacement.
(d) Moles removed.

2. What is the shape of Nannie's shingles?
(a) Round.
(b) Rectangle.
(c) Heart.
(d) Square.

3. How old is Crys?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

4. What physical ailment has Garnett suffered from for years?
(a) Leg cramps.
(b) Back pain.
(c) Dizziness.
(d) Headaches.

5. What kind of therapy does Lusa discover, after Cole's death?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Mowing the lawn.
(c) Counseling.
(d) Walking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lusa say that convinces Jewel to allow her to adopt her children, after her death?

2. In Chapter 18, what does Lusa ask that the family start using?

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

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

5. What has killed all the baby phoebes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Deanna anxious about Eddie reading her thesis?

3. Nannie is upset because the church fumigated for bees and now honey is oozing out of the walls. What does she think they should have done instead?

4. What does the snake, leaving the cabin, symbolize for Deanna, in Chapter 22?

5. In Chapter 30, Lusa starts to think of Cole in a different manner. What is this?

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

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

8. Why is the first cold day a day that Deanna will never forget?

9. How does Lusa respond to Little Rickie's invitation to have sex?

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

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