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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 has no money.
(d) She wants to remember.

2. What does the owl have for supper in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Small bird.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Mouse.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. How many people are among the "parade of figures" that Abigail sees in her mind?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abigail see in place of the fence?

2. In the first Book of Abigail, what month is it?

3. From whose viewpoint is the first Book of Abigail written.

4. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail water?

5. What is Lorena diagnosed with three days after giving birth to a son?

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