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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Angel mentally tabulate how much time and money Michael has spent on nursing her back to health and training her for independence?
(a) So she can tell everyone how much he cares for her.
(b) In order to mock him for his wasted efforts.
(c) So she can repay him for every hour and ounce.
(d) In order to thank him for all of his efforts.

2. When Angel says she's a door a thousand men have walked through, what does Michael say she is?
(a) A window with pretty curtains, open for all to see.
(b) A frozen lake, waiting for a spring thaw.
(c) A locked trunk, full of dark secrets.
(d) A stone wall, four feet thick and a hundred feet high.

3. What did Angel do when she wanted to leave and Michael asked if they could talk it over?
(a) She walked away.
(b) She started to cry uncontrollably.
(c) She began to laugh in his face.
(d) She slapped him in the face.

4. Why did Michael ask Angel to pick up walnuts?
(a) So that they could feed the squirrels.
(b) So that she could earn her keep.
(c) To keep her from going to Pair-a-Dice.
(d) To share their bounty with the neighbors.

5. When Michael asks Angel what she sees in the mirror, what is her reply?
(a) "An actress."
(b) "A stranger."
(c) "My mother."
(d) "Nothing."

6. What did Angel believe would ease the heaviness inside of her?
(a) Hard work and daily chores.
(b) Getting her money from the Duchess.
(c) Praying to Michael's God.
(d) A good nights sleep.

7. What does Michael tell Angel to listen to in order to help her rest at his cabin?
(a) The babbling brook nearby.
(b) Him reading out of the Bible.
(c) The crackling of the fire.
(d) A mocking bird outside the window.

8. What did Miriam Altman say about Paul in Chapter 20?
(a) He's handsome with dark, brooding eyes.
(b) He's as hateful as the devil and just as handsome.
(c) He's as beautiful as an angel with a halo to match.
(d) He's sweet as honey with fire in his eyes.

9. When Angel thinks that everyone she draws close to leaves, what does she say is deadly?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Hate.
(c) Hope.
(d) Love.

10. How did Angel feel when she walked in the cabin after returning from Pair-a-Dice?
(a) "I can do better."
(b) "Not this dump again."
(c) "I'm home."
(d) "It hasn't changed a bit."

11. What did Paul want Michael to do about his marriage to Angel?
(a) Make it work.
(b) Stay until he tires of her.
(c) Get divorced.
(d) Get it annulled.

12. Why didn't Mae want Sarah to thank Alex for the presents he'd left?
(a) They were never intended for Sarah; they were for Mae.
(b) They weren't gifts, but a bribe, to keep Sarah out of the way.
(c) Mae knew Alex was embarrassed by any show of feminine emotion.
(d) Mae believed a formal thank you letter was more appropriate.

13. When Michael showed Angel compassion after she returned to the cabin, she asks why. What was his response?
(a) "Because you would do the same for me if I was in your shoes."
(b) "Because for some of us, one mile can be farther to walk than thirty."
(c) "Because God told me to care for you and to nurture you."
(d) "Because I have walked a mile in your shoes."

14. Where was Paul before he came back to the valley?
(a) On the Yuba, panning for gold.
(b) In the mountains, looking for God.
(c) On a fishing expedition in Alaska.
(d) In Pair-a-Dice working at a bar.

15. Why did Angel scrub her skin raw in the stream?
(a) To assure herself she was capable of feeling.
(b) To exfoliate, revealing more youthful skin.
(c) To rid her skin of lice from Pair-a-Dice.
(d) To clean off the filth of her betrayal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sarah really sent to the coast with Cleo?

2. Why did Angel jump off the wagon when Michael tried to take her home?

3. What did Angel do for a job when she returned to Pair-a-Dice?

4. Why didn't Angel want to fall in love?

5. When Paul sees Angel, he thinks she's beautiful and dangerous. What biblical character does he not compare her to?

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