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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 is the reason that Lusa gives Crys for keeping the farm, in Chapter 21?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) To prove that she can do it.
(c) Cole's memory.
(d) She needs something that is all hers.

2. In Chapter 28, what Garnett thinks is a stranger by Nannie's garden, turns out to be what?
(a) A fencepost.
(b) A shovel.
(c) A scarecrow.
(d) A bent tree.

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

4. What is Kroger's Grocery selling, that upsets Garnett?
(a) Condoms.
(b) Foreign food.
(c) Beer.
(d) Cigarettes.

5. Why does Lusa think her garden looks different from other people's?
(a) The weeds have taken over.
(b) She does not really know what she is doing.
(c) Most of it has died.
(d) She is an outsider.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sisters does Jewel have?

2. How old is Crys?

3. What wakes Deanna up from a nap, in Chapter 19?

4. What physical ailment has Garnett suffered from for years?

5. What does Eddie think Deanna needs to make her feel better?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Garnett has previously ignored his doctor's suggestion to have cataract surgery but is now reconsidering. Why?

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 27, what does Lusa find out about the father of Jewel's children?

8. What are some of the ghost experiences in the house that Lusa relates to Crys?

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

10. Even though Nannie drives Garnett crazy, why does he feel it is his responsibility to give her the shingles in his garage?

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