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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells Abigail that she's not "beholden" to the Howland home?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) John Tolliver.
(d) Her father.

3. Where does Margaret see her grandmother's spirit immediately after the funeral?
(a) A grove of trees.
(b) Porch.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Cemetery.

4. When William shows concern at Margaret getting weak-kneed, she blames it on _____________.
(a) Hunger.
(b) His presence.
(c) Bitter grass.
(d) The long walk.

5. Where does Margaret wash the clothes?
(a) In the water near the baptistry.
(b) In well water.
(c) In a washing machine in town.
(d) In the river.

6. Where do the newly married Tollivers honeymoon?
(a) Bermuda.
(b) Miami.
(c) Houston.
(d) New Orleans.

7. What is another name that Margaret knows for water moccasins?
(a) Swamp snake.
(b) Congo.
(c) Cottonmouth.
(d) Water snake.

8. Three books are mentioned that Abigail receives for agreeing to pretend to be the sick child. They are The Swiss Family Robinson, Kidnapped, and ________________.
(a) Jo's Boys.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Wizard of Oz.

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

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

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

12. 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) Freejacks.
(b) Drifters.
(c) Bums.
(d) Hobos.

13. What is another name for Somerset County?
(a) Tolliver Nation.
(b) Cotton County.
(c) Plantation Country.
(d) Robbers' Nation.

14. Why does Abigail cry after the birth of her second child?
(a) She doesn't have a son.
(b) She is in so much pain.
(c) She can't get to the hospital.
(d) She doesn't know where her husband is.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William like to drink throughout Sunday?

2. What name did the Howland place once go by that an ancestor tried unsuccessfully to bring back?

3. When does Abigail tell her grandfather that she's getting married?

4. With whom does Ramona live?

5. What is the last name of the cousins that Abigail goes on an outing with once or twice a month?

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