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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month do Abigail and John marry?
(a) July.
(b) April.
(c) June.
(d) May.

2. Where is Cousin Mary's family from?
(a) Madison City.
(b) New Church.
(c) Twin Fawns.
(d) Old Cedar.

3. What does Margaret pack her possessions in when she moves away from New Church?
(a) Pillowcase.
(b) Apron.
(c) Old bag.
(d) Old shirt.

4. Which child receives the most affection from Margaret and William?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Crissy.
(c) Robert.
(d) Nina.

5. What is the flowered cloth that Margaret is sewing from?
(a) Material purchased for curtains.
(b) Something that Ramona gives her.
(c) An old dress belonging to William's wife.
(d) Old sheets.

6. Who tells Margaret about her father and how her parents met?
(a) A cousin.
(b) Her great-grandmother.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her mother.

7. Two African American children, six and seven years old, arrived at the Howland kitchen door on Sunday afternoon. What did everyone call these children?
(a) Bums.
(b) Freejacks.
(c) Hobos.
(d) Drifters.

8. What do people clean muddy shoes on at the Howland home?
(a) Rinses off with well water.
(b) Boot scraper shaped like two rabbits.
(c) Uses a stick to get the mud out.
(d) Cleans them in the river.

9. According to Margaret's mother, what is hippin?
(a) Sagging diaper.
(b) Talking in dialect.
(c) Acting arrogant.
(d) Carrying babies on your hip.

10. After the Korean War, where does John set up his practice?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Madison City.
(d) New Orleans.

11. Who sits on the Carmichael porch to play the banjo and sing the blues?
(a) Grover Kent.
(b) Roger Ellis.
(c) Elfetha Harris.
(d) Jack Tobias.

12. Why is Katy moaning in the Book of Margaret?
(a) She has been bitten by a rattlesnake.
(b) She has appendicitis.
(c) She's in mourning.
(d) She's in labor.

13. What does Margaret give to Little Matthew?
(a) Her hat.
(b) A persimmon.
(c) A piggy back ride.
(d) A snakeskin.

14. In what city does Robert first attend boarding school?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Boston.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Cincinnati.

15. Who catches pneumonia after having the chicken pox and almost dies?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Robert.
(c) Nina.
(d) Crissy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Abigail that she's not "beholden" to the Howland home?

2. Three books are mentioned that Abigail receives for agreeing to pretend to be the sick child. They are The Swiss Family Robinson, Kidnapped, and ________________.

3. How does William honor his daughter after death in Wade County?

4. Whose job is it to water the garden in Margaret's family?

5. What sound do the branches of the bluish white hickory tree make?

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