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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. How does Garnett refer to Lusa?
(a) Petunia in the onion patch.
(b) Princess in a pigsty.
(c) A wonder in a field of thistles.
(d) City girl out of her league.

2. How many times has Deanna been caught outside in a lightning storm?
(a) 2.
(b) Never.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

3. What is the main question that Deanna keeps asking herself?
(a) "Who am I?"
(b) "What do I want?"
(c) "What should I do?"
(d) "Should I leave?"

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

5. Who is coming to visit Garrett, that has him excited?
(a) Lusa.
(b) College friends.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Grandchildren.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Deanna say is the reason that she likes to watch birds?

2. Why does the coyote like Nannie's orchard?

3. What do Lusa and Little Rickie see in the field?

4. According to Nannie, God's creation is all about what?

5. According to Hannie-Mavis, why is the family afraid of Lusa owning the farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Garnett not like the pickers that come each fall to help with the harvest?

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

6. In Chapter 24, what reason does Lusa give Jewel for using every bit of produce from her garden?

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

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

9. What does Hannie-Mavis tell Lusa is the real reason that Cole's family does not seem to embrace her?

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

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