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

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

3. In Chapter 19, what does Deanna say that she is going to do or "die trying"?
(a) Save coyotes.
(b) Change Eddie's mind.
(c) Have a child.
(d) Fall in love.

4. According to Nannie, there is nothing as important as having what?
(a) Variety.
(b) Food.
(c) Love.
(d) Children.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 22, Deanna feels so much despair on the mountain that she lays down and does what?

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

4. What does Garnett tell Nannie that he has been to her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What secret does Lusa tell Crys, in Chapter 21?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What is the "decrease predator - increase prey" concept that Deanna tries to explain to Eddie in Chapter 19?

9. In Chapter 25, what does Deanna remember as the closest thing to an explanation of the birds and the bees that she ever got?

10. In Chapter 19, Deanna is exhibiting what symptoms that causes Eddie to think that she is anemic and Deanna to think she is menopausal?

(see the answer keys)

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