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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Abigail go on vacation after graduating from high school?
(a) Europe.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) The West.

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

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

7. Who leaves for boarding school the autumn after William's daughter dies?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Nina.
(c) Robert.
(d) Crissy.

8. Oliver lived with his sister by a big spring. What was the name of the spring?
(a) Cedar Creek.
(b) Little River.
(c) Sobbing Woman.
(d) No-name Spring.

9. What color is the swamp azalea in this book?
(a) Pink and red.
(b) Pink and white.
(c) Red and yellow.
(d) White and purple.

10. Who mentions that Abigail flounces out of the house?
(a) Robert.
(b) Margaret.
(c) William.
(d) Annie.

11. Who did Abigail's father quote after the World War II started in 1939?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Rupert Brooks.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Percy Shelley.

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

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

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

15. Who was the youngest of Margaret's children?
(a) Crissy.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Nina.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In February, John calls Abigail to ask her out. On their date, a jukebox is playing. What is the first song they heard from it?

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

3. What does Abigail's mother do with letters that arrive from her husband?

4. What train runs from Atlanta to Madison City?

5. What does William like to drink throughout Sunday?

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