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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 do the Annadel Political and Social Club members sing when they are in jail?
(a) The Star Spangled Banner.
(b) When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
(c) John Brown's Body.
(d) The Old Gray Goose.

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

3. What does Carrie call her grandmother?
(a) Grandmama.
(b) Aunt Nana.
(c) Aunt Jane.
(d) Nana.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aunt Becka feel about Flora's engagement?

2. How does Ermel's keeping his land affect his fortunes?

3. How does C.J.'s grandfather address him?

4. Who does C.J. marry in 1901?

5. How does C.J. feel about Rondal's activities with coal miners?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rondal think his father refers to when he talks about the snake and where does most of Clabe's earnings go?

2. What do Rondal and C.J. argue about and what does Rondal tell C.J. about the miners?

3. What does Carrie say she first remembers about Ben Honaker and her sister?

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

5. What does Carrie figure out about a typhoid outbreak and what do the mining companies tell her when she tries to do something about it?

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 at a club meeting when the men are debating World War I?

8. 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?

9. What does Rondal do on his first day in the mines and how does he feel at the end of the day?

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

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