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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what direction has the sun set at the beginning of "The Keepers of the House"?
(a) The clouds keep Abigail from seeing the sun set.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Due west.

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

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

4. Where have the oldest children left to go to school at in the first chapter?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Mobile.
(d) New Orleans.

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

6. Who is passed out in the corner after the groom's breakfast?
(a) Harry Armstrong.
(b) Mr. Bannister.
(c) Gregory Mason.
(d) Howland Campbell.

7. What is flying around the porch in the first chapter?
(a) Birds.
(b) Moths.
(c) Gnats.
(d) Flies.

8. Who is surrounded by "tiers of flesh"?
(a) Annie Howland Campbell.
(b) Gregory Mason.
(c) Howland Campbell.
(d) William Howland.

9. Who is Michael Campbell?
(a) William's brother-in-law.
(b) William's cousin who is a lawyer.
(c) The Madison City postmaster.
(d) William's cousin who is a doctor.

10. How many bedrooms does Annie count in the Howland home?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 11.

11. What is likker?
(a) A type of hunting dog.
(b) Alcohol made in stills in the South.
(c) A species of cotton.
(d) A medicinal plant.

12. What looks like a choppy sea to Abigail?
(a) The river.
(b) The water inside the watering tin.
(c) The porch.
(d) The front yard.

13. Where does William's daughter go to college?
(a) University of Montevallo in Alabama.
(b) Agnes Scott College in Georgia.
(c) Mary Baldwin in Virginia.
(d) H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in Louisiana.

14. What does Abigail do immediately before watering?
(a) Cries.
(b) Puts on a sweater.
(c) Turns on the porch light.
(d) Tells the children to wash for dinner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there no pictures of Lorena Adams Howland?

2. How old is William when he thinks that he is old?

3. Who is best man at Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason?

4. What did William bring to eat for his trip into the swamp?

5. At the time of Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason, how long has Oliver worked for William and in what capacity?

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