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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 9, what time did Alice return home?
(a) 8:30 p.m.
(b) Around 9:15 p.m.
(c) Almost 9:45 p.m.
(d) 8:45 p.m.

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

3. In Chapter 15, why does Sophia take a Friday off?
(a) She is sick.
(b) William is sick.
(c) William's birthday.
(d) To do some canning.

4. How old was Mae Horner's mother when she learned to read?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. 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) 13.
(d) 14-15.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, what does Sophia say was the name of the man she loved once?

2. In Chapter 3, what time does Alice get up in the morning?

3. In Chapter 7, why did Alice have to change her clothes?

4. In Chapter 6, what did Beth promise to buy Bryn if he ran errands for her?

5. How old was Margery when her father shot her with his hunting rifle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Alice say in Chapter 1 when Bennett said she should not sign up for the traveling library?

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

3. In the Prologue, who always comes to meet Margery on her library trips?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Van Cleve do to hurt Margery?

5. What are some gifts that the librarians get for Christmas?

6. In Chapter 11, what did Van Cleve do to Alice and why?

7. In Chapter 6, why did Alice no longer enjoy the weekly church dinners?

8. At the end of Chapter 14, why does Margery tell Sven not to come over?

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

10. What does Margery tell Alice about a man hitting a woman in Chapter 12?

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