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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. What name did the Howland place once go by that an ancestor tried unsuccessfully to bring back?
(a) Tribeca.
(b) Tara.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Eloise.

2. Whose shrieking does Abigail miss in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) Her children.
(b) Two whipporwills.
(c) Her ex-husband.
(d) The townspeople.

3. What did William bring to eat for his trip into the swamp?
(a) Bacon, cornbread, and apples.
(b) Beef jerky, corn muffins, and persimmons.
(c) Bacon, bread, and pears.
(d) Ham, biscuits, and berries.

4. What poetry does the elder Abigail enjoy reading out loud before she leaves for college?
(a) Poe.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Shelley.
(d) Dickinson.

5. Why doesn't Abigail want to replace the fence?
(a) She has no money.
(b) She has no one to do the work.
(c) She wants to remember.
(d) It is more practical to keep it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mammal does William see at the large freshwater lake in the middle of the swamp?

2. Which child receives the most affection from Margaret and William?

3. From whose viewpoint is the first Book of Abigail written.

4. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail water?

5. Oliver lived with his sister by a big spring. What was the name of the spring?

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