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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what class did Evie meet her husband?
(a) From Charlotte Bronte to Lydia Davis.
(b) African American Poetics.
(c) Reading Dante's Inferno.
(d) The Literature of Migrants and Refugees.

2. At the end of Chapter 6, how long had it been since Neddy's death?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) A year.
(d) 2 years.

3. How old is Seth in Chapter 2?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 14.

4. What would Neddy throw from the window of the Milton's 14th floor apartment?
(a) Food.
(b) Toy car.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Stuffed bear.

5. In Chapter 14, who comes over to eat Chinese with Evie and her husband, when Paul is just returned from his trip?
(a) Daryl.
(b) Len.
(c) Harry.
(d) Reg.

6. What day of the week did Ogden go to the Harvard Club in Chapter 6?
(a) Friday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

7. When did Ogden serve on FDR's advisory board?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1930.

8. How much younger was Evelyn than Joan?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 1 year.

9. What was the name of the cook in Chapter 12?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Trina.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Lena.

10. What was the date at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) June 1936.
(b) March 1936.
(c) April 1936.
(d) May 1936.

11. In Chapter 11, what did Kitty point out when Elsa was telling how Hitler was moving toward war?
(a) The stock market.
(b) The news from France.
(c) The sky.
(d) The water.

12. Who chose the hymns at Neddy's funeral?
(a) The minister.
(b) Kitty's mother.
(c) Ogden.
(d) Kitty's father.

13. How long has Evie's mother been gone in Chapter 9?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 8 months.
(d) 6 months.

14. What year was it in Chapter 1?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1935.

15. Where did Elsa say that the stocks for guns were being made in Chapter 11?
(a) Essen.
(b) Munich.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Dusseldorf.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, how old was Kitty Milton?

2. In Chapter 12, what was planted in the old sheep's corral?

3. How much did Crockett want for Crockett Island in Chapter 6?

4. In Chapter 12, what shape rock did Moss find on the first day they came to the island?

5. In Chapter 16, where did Len keep remembering seeing the girl who had the seizure one day?

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