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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 grade does Miss Pennington teach?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Kindergarten.

2. Who were the Queen and King of their senior prom?
(a) Lucy and Gary.
(b) Lucy and Andrew.
(c) Lucy and Thomas.
(d) Lucy and Danny.

3. Why did the linen closet get wet?
(a) Thomas was playing with water balloons.
(b) Agatha dumped a pail of water in it by accident.
(c) The water pipe broke.
(d) The roof had a leak in it.

4. Who declines Ian's invitation to walk her home after the dinner party?
(a) Sister Harriet.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Miss Pennington.
(d) Mrs. Kitt.

5. What does Ian tell Reverend Emmett after the Prayer Meeting in Chapter Six?
(a) He feels he is wasting his life.
(b) He needs help finding a job.
(c) He wants more prayer time.
(d) He wants advice on adopting the children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Lucy "common as dirt"?

2. What message did Sister Harriet's receive from her dream about speaking in gibberish in front of a blackboard?

3. On Saturdays, what does the Church of the Second Chance do?

4. Whom does Ian see Gideon leaving school with in Chapter Eight?

5. What does Ian tell Reverend Emmett before the prayer meeting at the end of Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Eli Everjohn.

2. What does Daphne hang on the wall in the living room with the other family pictures?

3. Why does Agatha refuse to go to church once she's fifteen?

4. Why do the members of the Church of the Second Chance pitch in to paint Reverend Emmett's house?

5. What does the Church of the Second Chance do when Reverend Emmett has a heart attack?

6. What is the weather in the spring of 1988?

7. Describe Agatha's appearance when she returns for Thanksgiving after her mother has died.

8. Describe Daphne's dream that she tells her family and guests at the dinner party.

9. Describe Ariana Pennington's appearance.

10. Describe Ian's reaction when Reverend Emmett suggests that he train for the ministry.

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