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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Whose shrieking does Abigail miss in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) Her ex-husband.
(b) Two whipporwills.
(c) The townspeople.
(d) Her children.

5. Who says, "liars' tongues drop off"?
(a) Annie.
(b) Oliver.
(c) Abigail.
(d) William.

6. To whom does William admit being able to stand for his whole life, so he can manage a little more?
(a) Calvin Robertson.
(b) Ramona.
(c) Annie.
(d) Rufus Matthews.

7. When William tells his granddaughter, "I used to think she'd glow in the night," to whom is he referring?
(a) Lorena.
(b) His mother.
(c) His daughter, Abigail.
(d) Margaret.

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

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

10. When did the forest fires take place in the Smokies?
(a) November.
(b) August.
(c) September.
(d) October.

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

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

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

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

15. In the first Book of Abigail, what month is it?
(a) September.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. What looks like a choppy sea to Abigail?

2. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail believe she sees over the river?

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

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

5. What are the names of Margaret's children?

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