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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the river compared to in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) A dried up stream.
(b) An old mirror.
(c) A black pit of nothingness.
(d) A roaring lion.

3. What had William hunted as a boy for a quarter for each skin?
(a) Coons.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Fox.
(d) Snakes.

4. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail water?
(a) Pansies.
(b) Roses.
(c) Geraniums.
(d) Ferns.

5. What is the eye color of the last William Howland's eyes?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

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

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

8. From where did the tomb builder come?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) Richmond.
(d) Mobile.

9. In the first Book of Abigail, who avoids the porch light?
(a) A screech owl.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Moths.
(d) The cat.

10. How old is William when he thinks that he is old?
(a) 45.
(b) 55.
(c) 50.
(d) 48.

11. What is Lorena diagnosed with three days after giving birth to a son?
(a) The fever.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.

12. Who says, "liars' tongues drop off"?
(a) William.
(b) Annie.
(c) Abigail.
(d) Oliver.

13. What illusion does Abigail have in the first chapter?
(a) The house appears as it was.
(b) She is dead.
(c) Her grandfather is still alive.
(d) She is happy.

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

15. Whom does Abigail envision as saying, "just like a Howland"?
(a) The servants.
(b) Margaret's children.
(c) Her ex-husband's family.
(d) The county.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first chapter, who built the porch that Abigail stands on?

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

3. Where does Abner Carmichael live?

4. What looks like a choppy sea to Abigail?

5. Who are Calvin and John Robertson?

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