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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mammal does William see at the large freshwater lake in the middle of the swamp?
(a) Dog.
(b) Bear.
(c) Black panther.
(d) Wolf.

2. What is squirming "helplessly on the boards" of the porch?
(a) Abigail.
(b) A mouse.
(c) Beetles.
(d) A bird with a broken wing.

3. What is William's first step in the adventure of going into the swamp?
(a) He packs food.
(b) He cleans his guns.
(c) He draws a map.
(d) He buys a skiff.

4. 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.

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

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

7. What is like "stain on a sponge"?
(a) The light on the porch.
(b) The creeping night.
(c) Dryness of the skin.
(d) Water spilled onto the porch.

8. What attacks William so that he coats his body with muck?
(a) Flies.
(b) Wasps
(c) Gnats.
(d) Mosquitos.

9. At the time of Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason, how long has Oliver worked for William and in what capacity?
(a) 35 years; cook/helper.
(b) 20 years; general servant.
(c) 30 years; handyman/overseer.
(d) 25 years; handyman/helper/manager.

10. When Abigail is being honest with herself, she find herself wishing that ______________was not alive.
(a) Margaret.
(b) John, her husband.
(c) Robert.
(d) Howland.

11. Who is best man at Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason?
(a) Harry Armstrong.
(b) Howland Campbell.
(c) Rufus Matthews.
(d) Calvin Robertson.

12. Who says, "Wind's to the west"?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Annie.
(d) William.

13. What is trainasse?
(a) Cajun name for the marsh.
(b) Creole name for narrow tunnels in a marsh.
(c) An animal found in the swamp.
(d) Cajun name for swamp water.

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

15. What are the names of Margaret's children?
(a) Robert, Nina, and Crissy.
(b) Robert, Lena, and Oliver.
(c) Will, Marge, and Nina.
(d) Johnny, Marge,and Crissy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Abigail was a child, who slept in the great tester bed in the south bedroom?

2. Who is Michael Campbell?

3. In what direction has the sun set at the beginning of "The Keepers of the House"?

4. Who is passed out in the corner after the groom's breakfast?

5. Why doesn't Abigail want to replace the fence?

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