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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. In what city does Robert first attend boarding school?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cleveland.

2. What does Margaret do with the fruit she finds in the woods around the Howland home?
(a) Feeds it to the hogs.
(b) Turns it into preserves.
(c) Eats it.
(d) Makes pies with it.

3. Who has fallen into a weaving of invisible threads at the beginning of the book?
(a) Robert.
(b) William.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Margaret.

4. Where does Abner Carmichael live?
(a) In a floating house in New Church.
(b) In a shack in the middle of the swamp.
(c) In the biggest brick house in New Church.
(d) In a houseboat in Mobile.

5. Who are Calvin and John Robertson?
(a) Moonshiners in Wade County.
(b) Brothers who run the Washington Hotel in town.
(c) Farmhands who work at the Howland estate.
(d) Cousins of the Howlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did William Marshall Howland die?

2. To whom does William admit being able to stand for his whole life, so he can manage a little more?

3. When William is called to war, where does he go?

4. What is another name that Margaret knows for water moccasins?

5. What does the owl have for supper in the first Book of Abigail?

(see the answer key)

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