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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. When did Margery tell Sven in Chapter 14, not to come over?
(a) March.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) February.

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

3. What time did Alice usually arrive at the library each morning in Chapter 2?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6:30.
(d) 7:30.

4. What is the date in the Prologue?
(a) September 30, 1937.
(b) November 11, 1937.
(c) October 2, 1937.
(d) December 20, 1937.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Bennett's mother?

3. What does Marjery hit Clem McCullough with in the Prologue?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 12, who steps up to help the librarians and why?

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

5. How did Margery learn to read?

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

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

8. What did Izzy say that she wanted to be in Chapter 6?

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

10. In Chapter 1, what happened that made Alice's parents keep her indoors?

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