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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the gun thugs do with Johnson?
(a) Tell him to leave town.
(b) Throw him in a furnace.
(c) Beat him up.
(d) Throw him in a mine pit.

2. What has the company done with Clabe's family cemetery?
(a) Posted no tresspassing signs.
(b) Dug it up and moved it.
(c) Bulldozed over it and buried it.
(d) Nothing.

3. Where do most, or all, of Clabe's earnings go?
(a) To parents to pay their farm mortgage.
(b) To his son's college fund.
(c) To the company store for food.
(d) To the hospital for medical expenses.

4. What does the Annadel Political and Social Club primarily do?
(a) Back a presidential candidate.
(b) Run the town.
(c) Drink and debate.
(d) Organize unions.

5. Where does Talcott work?
(a) He doesn't work yet, he is only sixteen.
(b) In the drug store.
(c) In the mines.
(d) In the forest he is a logger.

6. Why do Talcott and Pricie elope?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) He gets more money as a married man.
(c) They don't want to spend the money on a wedding.
(d) Her father won't let her marry.

7. What does Carrie do after Lloyd leaves town?
(a) Quits working for the coal miners and opens a free clinic.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Follows Lloyd.
(d) Leaves town also and goes to Homeplace.

8. Why does Talcott save his money?
(a) He wants to marry.
(b) He wants to help his mother.
(c) He wants to move to New York.
(d) He wants to buy a car.

9. What type of rifle does C.J. prefer?
(a) A 30-30.
(b) The Remington 436.
(c) A 16 gauge shotgun.
(d) The The Krag-Jorgensen rifle.

10. For what does Clabe's family look when walking in the woods?
(a) Wild pigs.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Squirrels and opossums.
(d) Wild greens.

11. What does Miles tell Carrie about Lloyd?
(a) He is working under a false name.
(b) He is married.
(c) He has been discovered to be an organizer.
(d) He has two children.

12. What happens to C.J.'s grandfather?
(a) His legs are broken.
(b) He is murdered.
(c) He is moved to Virginia.
(d) He dies of a heart attack.

13. How does Rondal do in his school work?
(a) He is about average.
(b) He does very well.
(c) He is inconsistent in his studies.
(d) He does poorly.

14. On what day of the week does Clabe get paid?
(a) Monday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Friday.

15. How does C.J. feel about Rondal's activities with coal miners?
(a) Proud.
(b) Angry.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Indifferernt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miles want to do when he finishes high school?

2. Why is Dillon making a banjo?

3. For what does C.J. praise Isom?

4. How does Ben feel about Carrie's sister, Flora?

5. What has happened to the creek on Clabe's family land?

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