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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) Throw him in a mine pit.
(b) Beat him up.
(c) Throw him in a furnace.
(d) Tell him to leave town.

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

3. How often, according to the company guards, is C.J. allowed to visit the Lloyd family?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Only on the first and thrid Sundays.
(c) Anytime he wants.
(d) Once a week

4. What does Carrie's Aunt Becka say about her that upsets her?
(a) That she is slow.
(b) That she is clumsy.
(c) That she will have to marry soon.
(d) That she is unattractive.

5. What is the name of Carrie Bishop's family farm?
(a) Homeplace.
(b) Place of Peace.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Abundance.

6. Where does Dillon live?
(a) On his family farm.
(b) In a cabin.
(c) In company housing.
(d) In the city.

7. What did Dr. Booker ask C.J. to do during a cholera epidemic?
(a) Print up information leaflets.
(b) Donate medicine.
(c) Clean up the drinking water supply.
(d) Take some of the sick into his home.

8. How does Ermel's keeping his land affect his fortunes?
(a) It doesn't affect his fortunes.
(b) He is shunned by other families in the area so his business goes bankrupt.
(c) He becomes wealthy.
(d) He is poor as his land has no value.

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

10. For what does C.J. praise Isom?
(a) Likes everyone regardless of race or wealth.
(b) Taking care of his mother.
(c) Being very intelligent.
(d) Knowing how to control a rowdy horse.

11. Why don't the coal companies take Ermel's land?
(a) He has information which he uses to blackmail the company's owner.
(b) He doesn't own a very big piece of land.
(c) There is no coal on it.
(d) He is married to the company's president's daughter.

12. Why does Miles join an Episcopal Church?
(a) The priest is a friend of his.
(b) To make social contacts.
(c) His wife is Episcopal.
(d) He was converted.

13. What is C.J.'s relationship with his grandfather like?
(a) Very close.
(b) Confrontational.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Distant he lives in another state.

14. Who does the coal company doctor refuse to treat?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Black people.
(d) Women.

15. What does Aunt Becka tell Carrie about the animals in the barn and Christmas?
(a) The animals get sleepy on Christmas Eve.
(b) The animals pay homage to Jesus.
(c) Her Aunt Becka never said anything about animals and Christmas.
(d) The animals don't pay any attention to Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do most, or all, of Clabe's earnings go?

2. With whom does Rondal have a casual affair?

3. Why does Talcott save his money?

4. To what does the word snake refer when Clabe uses it when pointing at his paycheck?

5. For what does Rondal's mother want him in relation to Kerwin?

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