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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Second Book of Abigail.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who attends Carnegie Tech?
(a) Robert.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Crissy.
(d) Nina.

2. Who says, "It's hot and I'm miseried"?
(a) Cousin Kate.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Aunt Mary.
(d) Abner Carmichael.

3. What do people call "the bones of the earth," according to the author?
(a) The granite outcroppings in winter fields.
(b) A dry pond.
(c) A rock outcropping in a valley.
(d) The trees of winter.

4. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?
(a) The trees.
(b) The Howland estate.
(c) The river.
(d) November evenings.

5. What does Margaret eat from the streams?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Wild watercress.
(c) Fish.
(d) Frogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did William Marshall Howland die?

2. Who are Calvin and John Robertson?

3. What do people clean muddy shoes on at the Howland home?

4. What name did the Howland place once go by that an ancestor tried unsuccessfully to bring back?

5. Who is Marge?

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