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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. In Chapter 14, besides cloth-washing, how long might a librarian go without seeing her body much at all?
(a) 2 or 3 weeks.
(b) Days.
(c) 3 or 4 days.
(d) Weeks.

2. In Chapter 11, how many dolls are on the dresser?
(a) 15.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. What does Fred give Alice to take home at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Pistol.
(b) Shotgun.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) Cookies.

4. In Chapter 7, how many times did Mae Horner say she read through a book the day before?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. When was a law created that called for segregated libraries for different races?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many homes were in the Lynch coal camp?

2. What type of bird does Bennett think that Alice sees at the end of Chapter 3?

3. How far of a walk did Alice have to the library in Chapter 2?

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

5. How long had Izzy been delivering books in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was a town meeting held in Chapter 8?

2. In Chapter 9, why did Alice sleep in the dressing room?

3. In Chapter 8, what did Garrett's mother say to Alice at Garrett's wake?

4. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, what did agents for land companies do in Kentucky?

5. In Chapter 10, why does Margery ask Sven to come be with her?

6. What encounter does Margery have in the Prologue, and how does she handle it?

7. In Chapter 7, who helped Alice after she was sprayed by a skunk?

8. In Chapter 15 when Alice will not return to Bennett, what does Van Cleve do?

9. What does Alice take to the Horner girls in Chapter 11, and what does she get in return?

10. In Chapter 5, how was Izzy doing as a librarian?

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