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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 does Daphne encourage Ian to do when he's driving her home and they see a motorist in a green Ford?
(a) Pass him.
(b) Beep the horn.
(c) Shout at him.
(d) Wave.

2. Who has to pick up Daphne every day after school when she's sixteen?
(a) Ian.
(b) Bee.
(c) Doug.
(d) Reverend Emmett.

3. Why does Ian want to find Thomas Dulsimore?
(a) To let Agatha and Thomas visit him.
(b) So Agatha and Thomas will know their genetic history.
(c) To give him Lucy's important papers.
(d) To receive child support.

4. On a vacation, how do the children react to Ian's swimming out beyond the breakers until he is just a dot?
(a) They enlist the help of a lifeguard.
(b) They cry.
(c) They cheer him on.
(d) They yell at him to return.

5. Who is Thomas Robert Dulsimore?
(a) Reverend Emmett's friend.
(b) Lucy's first husband.
(c) Eli Everjohn's cousin.
(d) Doug's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says "Mess up, I say...Fall flat on your face!"?

2. Who calls Lucy "common as dirt"?

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

4. What do Agatha and Daphne find in the cedar chest at the foot of Bee's bed?

5. What kind of work does Eli Everjohn do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the children think that Ian needs a wife?

2. When does Ian tell Reverend Emmett that he will not train for the ministry?

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

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

5. Describe Ariana Pennington's appearance.

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

7. Why is it significant that Ian discovers Lucy's jewelry box with her important papers?

8. When Rita begins talking about having children, why is Ian reluctant at first?

9. What condition is the sewing box in when Daphne and Agatha find it in the closet?

10. How does Ian think Daphne reminds him of Lucy?

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