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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 types of books does Peter enjoy reading?
(a) Religious books.
(b) Books about baseball.
(c) Books about World War I.
(d) Scientific books.

2. What does Grandawma eat for her last meal?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) A steak.
(c) Mashed potatoes.
(d) Carrot soup.

3. Which classmate of Kincaid's has a hair lip that causes a speech impediment?
(a) Micah.
(b) Vera.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Roger.

4. What is the name of the ladies' hair parlor that Marvin set up?
(a) The Butee Bar.
(b) The Sharp Spot.
(c) The Hair Shoppe.
(d) Marvin's Parlour.

5. When Kincaid has a nightmare in Book One, how does Hugh help him get back to sleep?
(a) He sings to Kincaid.
(b) He lets Kincaid fall asleep watching the television.
(c) He gets Kincaid a glass of water.
(d) He tells Kincaid the trick of counting backwards from one hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What three things do Laura and Hugh fight about in Book One that prompts her to take the twins up to Spokane?

2. What was Hugh's father's profession?

3. How long does it take Hugh to say the prayer over the meal every evening in the Chance family?

4. What does Kincaid's piggy bank resemble?

5. How does Laura punish Peter, Everett, and Kincaid after the Psalm War?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the boys make a pact to pray for at the end of Book Two?

2. Why do some players call Papa "Smoke"?

3. Why does Hugh excuse Irwin from the room when he talks to the boys alone at the end of Book Two?

4. According to Kincaid in Book One, what causes Papa to start up smoking again after he had quit?

5. What did Hugh wear while practicing pitching in the shed?

6. Why doesn't Kincaid go to church with his Mama and siblings in Book One, Chapter 2?

7. How does Everett's appearance change after Laura stops doing his domestic duties?

8. How did Papa lose his thumb?

9. What is Everett's opinion on miracles as described in Book One?

10. Why are Irwin and the twins nonplussed by the "incriminating evidence" Elder Babcock and Laura show them against Peter, Everett, and Kincaid?

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