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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many crying girls did Garrett's mother say there were when he married Kathleen?
(a) 50.
(b) 25.
(c) 75.
(d) 100.

2. In Chapter 8, how many times did the bell toll when Garrett Bligh died?
(a) 34.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 21.

3. In Chapter 8, how many men were known to have trashed the Packhorse Library?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

4. In Chapter 5, what injury did Sven say that William Kenworth had?
(a) Lost a leg.
(b) Hurt his back.
(c) Lost an arm.
(d) Lost an eye.

5. In Chapter 15, what recipe is in a magazine that Doreen Abney wants?
(a) Rabbit pie.
(b) Peach pie.
(c) Collard stew.
(d) Pot pie.

6. How many brothers does Beth Pinker have?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

7. What verse does Pastor McIntosh quote to Alice in Chapter 13?
(a) Proverbs 31:16-17.
(b) Proverbs 31:30.
(c) Ephesians 5:22.
(d) I Corinthians 11:12.

8. In Chapter 4, how old did Margery remember her brother Jack was when her father slugged him and knocked out two teeth?
(a) 14.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 13.

9. At the end of Chapter 11, who teaches Alice how to shoot a shotgun?
(a) Sven.
(b) Margery.
(c) Beth.
(d) Fred.

10. In Chapter 3, what time does Alice get up in the morning?
(a) 6.
(b) 5:30.
(c) 5.
(d) 6:30.

11. How many miles deep does someone need to go in the forest below Arnott's Ridge to find a dense silence?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

12. How many miles does Nancy comes to meet Margery in the Prologue?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

13. If the mining company took a chunk out of the north side of the ridge in Chapter 5, how many families would lose their homes?
(a) 10-12.
(b) 16.
(c) 14-15.
(d) 13.

14. In the Prologue, how old is Nancy?
(a) 61.
(b) 64.
(c) 56.
(d) 59.

15. How many homes were in the Lynch coal camp?
(a) About 8,000.
(b) Some 10,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 9,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had the miners' shacks been standing in Chapter 5?

2. What family member of Henry Porteous' attended Mrs. Beidecker's school?

3. How long did Alice read to Garrett Bligh in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 14, besides cloth-washing, how long might a librarian go without seeing her body much at all?

5. In Chapter 9, when were most babies born in Baileyville?

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