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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) Northwest.
(b) The clouds keep Abigail from seeing the sun set.
(c) Southwest.
(d) Due west.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did William give his daughter as a homecoming surprise after her first year of college?
(a) A trip to Europe.
(b) A horse.
(c) A gazebo.
(d) A book of poetry.

9. Which one of Margaret's children has Abigail recently seen in the first chapter?
(a) Will.
(b) Bill.
(c) Robert.
(d) Johnny.

10. What is Abigail's son's name?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Willie.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Johnny.

11. Where does Abner Carmichael live?
(a) In a floating house in New Church.
(b) In a houseboat in Mobile.
(c) In a shack in the middle of the swamp.
(d) In the biggest brick house in New Church.

12. What is a 'painter' as mentioned in the Book of William?
(a) Someone who paints barns.
(b) An artist.
(c) A type of slave.
(d) A bobcat.

13. 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) Margaret.
(c) Lorena.
(d) His mother.

14. When William comes across a still, the whiskey is aging in ______________.
(a) Oak kegs.
(b) Pine barrel.
(c) Copper pot.
(d) Cedar kegs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What looks like a choppy sea to Abigail?

3. What is the eye color of the last William Howland's eyes?

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

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

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