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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 sits on the Carmichael porch to play the banjo and sing the blues?
(a) Grover Kent.
(b) Jack Tobias.
(c) Roger Ellis.
(d) Elfetha Harris.

2. Who leaves for boarding school the autumn after William's daughter dies?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Robert.
(c) Crissy.
(d) Nina.

3. When William tells his granddaughter, "I used to think she'd glow in the night," to whom is he referring?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Lorena.
(c) His daughter, Abigail.
(d) His mother.

4. How did William Marshall Howland die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Murdered by five Indians.
(d) Killed in the Civil War.

5. What river is referred to at the beginning of the book?
(a) Providence River.
(b) Canadian River.
(c) Natchez River.
(d) The Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Abigail's son's name?

2. Where have the oldest children left to go to school at in the first chapter?

3. What does Margaret give to Little Matthew?

4. When does Abigail tell her grandfather that she's getting married?

5. Who has fallen into a weaving of invisible threads at the beginning of the book?

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