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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) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

2. In the first chapter, how long has it been since Abigail has seen one of Margaret's children?
(a) A year.
(b) Five years.
(c) A month.
(d) Three months.

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

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

5. What does Abigail see in place of the fence?
(a) Rope.
(b) Wood for a new fence.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Cherokee rose branches.

6. Why are there no pictures of Lorena Adams Howland?
(a) William burned them one afternoon.
(b) They burned in a house fire.
(c) Lorena refused to allow her picture to be taken.
(d) They were lost over the years.

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

8. What is Lorena diagnosed with three days after giving birth to a son?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Influenza.
(c) The fever.
(d) Malaria.

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

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

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

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

13. Who are Calvin and John Robertson?
(a) Brothers who run the Washington Hotel in town.
(b) Cousins of the Howlands.
(c) Moonshiners in Wade County.
(d) Farmhands who work at the Howland estate.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Michael Campbell?

2. Which one of Margaret's children has Abigail recently seen in the first chapter?

3. Where are the Robertsons rumored to build the latest addition to their business?

4. What is a 'painter' as mentioned in the Book of William?

5. To whom does William admit being able to stand for his whole life, so he can manage a little more?

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