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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. From whose viewpoint is the first Book of Abigail written.
(a) Abigail's daughter's.
(b) Abigail's.
(c) Abigail's mother's.
(d) Abigail's grandfather's.

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

8. Who ran off to a ship at Savannah and disappeared?
(a) Lorena's brother.
(b) The landlady's husband.
(c) William's nephew.
(d) An earlier William Howland.

9. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?
(a) The trees.
(b) The river.
(c) November evenings.
(d) The Howland estate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Abigail is being honest with herself, she find herself wishing that ______________was not alive.

2. What is trainasse?

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

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

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

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