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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. When the orchard suffered a parasite causing loss of half of the crop when Sam was fourteen, how did he comfort himself?
(a) By learning how to play music.
(b) By learning how to sing.
(c) By learning to fix appliances.
(d) By learning about electronics.

2. What happens to Jane when she tries to catch the ewe?
(a) She twists her ankle.
(b) She runs into the fence.
(c) She falls in manure.
(d) She catches it.

3. Who does Rebecca meet at the diner?
(a) Her mother.
(b) An older woman named Mrs. Phipps.
(c) Hadley.
(d) Hadley's mother.

4. How does Jane feel when Oliver stops having sex with her?
(a) She is relieved that he is leaving her alone.
(b) She is afraid he is going to break up with her.
(c) She is not worried.
(d) She is angry that he will not do what she wants.

5. Where does Rebecca recall tagging along with her mother after the plane crash?
(a) Group therapy sessions for plane crash survivors.
(b) Group therapy sessions for abused women.
(c) Group therapy sessions for single mothers.
(d) Group therapy sessions for those who have suffered from trauma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jane describes the mutual disgust between who?

2. Why does Joley believe this is why she was spared?

3. Why does Joley threaten to boycott the wedding?

4. How are Jane and Rebecca's roles reversed?

5. How does Oliver celebrate his own brilliance?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jane and Rebecca get $400?

2. What happens when Rebecca arrives at the Spregg home?

3. Describe the story Jane tells about being ten and goose hunting with her father.

4. What does Joley write in his second letter to Jane?

5. What has become of Oliver and Jane's marriage?

6. How does Rebecca get to Hadley's mother's home?

7. Why does Oliver think he has to intercept Jane and Rebecca before they reach Joley?

8. Why do Sam, Hadley, and Joley tell stupid jokes?

9. Describe the story about the neighbor's house fire.

10. What does Hadley reveal about Sam? How does the reader know that Hadley is attracted to Rebecca?

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