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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. Where do Clabe and his family live?
(a) In their family farmhouse.
(b) In a company shack.
(c) In a shanty town outside the city.
(d) In town in an apartment.

2. How many children does C.J. have of his own?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

3. What does Ben Honaker do for a living?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Coal miner.
(c) Schoolteacher.
(d) Merchant.

4. To where does Carrie invite Lloyd to dinner?
(a) To Miles' house.
(b) To a restaurant in town.
(c) To her sister's hosue.
(d) To her house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Talcott work?

2. Where did Rosa live during her childhood?

3. Where does Rondal go with C.J. when he visits?

4. What does Carrie ask Mike to teach her?

5. On what day of the week does Clabe get paid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does C.J. realize about Rondal and what does he do about it? How does Rondal respond?

2. What are the railroad companies doing to the farmers and how do the get it done?

3. What is the medical situation for black coal miners, how does Dr. Booker get medicine for a cholera epidemic and what does Booker show C.J. about black coal miners?

4. What is C.J. thinking about babies and what does he remember about a discussion he had with Dillon? What is Dillon making and why?

5. What happened with Rosa and a butterfly when she was young, what reminds her of that, why does she want to leave Mario and what did Mario do to Francesco?

6. What do Carrie and Lloyd do after having dinner at Miles' house, what does Lloyd tell Carrie the next day and what is her response?

7. What happens to Johnson and why does Rondal leave town?

8. Who is unhappy about Flora's wedding, why is she, what does she tell Flora and what is Carrie's response to that to Flora?

9. From Clabe's stories to Rondal how has the family land changed and what does Clabe and his family do on Sundays?

10. What does Miles tell his father is a good way to make money, what is his father's response and why did Miles end up feeling guilty about the whole idea?

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