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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rolls down the road when the moon is small, according to Margaret?
(a) Lizards.
(b) Light.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Hoop snake.

2. At one point during the grandmother's funeral, Margaret wishes she was _____________.
(a) Mary.
(b) Kate.
(c) Hilda.
(d) Her great-grandmother.

3. Where did William find a mouse nest?
(a) In a china tureen at the top of a closet.
(b) In the fireplace.
(c) On the top bookshelf.
(d) In the kitchen pantry.

4. Ramona hunts through an armoire until she finds _________ for Margaret.
(a) Apron.
(b) Clothing.
(c) A bedsheet with a rip down the middle.
(d) The best of the bedsheets.

5. What is the last name of the cousins that Abigail goes on an outing with once or twice a month?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Bannister.
(c) Howland.
(d) Armstrong.

6. With whom does Abigail drive off after her near drowning?
(a) She drives off alone.
(b) Tom Stanley.
(c) Her roommate.
(d) John Tolliver.

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

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

9. What name did the Howland place once go by that an ancestor tried unsuccessfully to bring back?
(a) Eloise.
(b) Tribeca.
(c) Shirley.
(d) Tara.

10. Where is John stationed during the Korean war?
(a) Germany.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Seoul.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the youngest of Margaret's children?

2. What realization does Margaret come to after the move to higher ground during the spring floods?

3. According to Abigail, in what animal is her grandfather most interested?

4. What is the flowered cloth that Margaret is sewing from?

5. Who mentions that Abigail flounces out of the house?

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