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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. As a child, where does Abigail go stay for almost a year?
(a) Bannisters.
(b) Her father.
(c) Aunt Annie.
(d) Oliver.

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

6. When does Abigail tell her grandfather that she's getting married?
(a) During the Easter holiday.
(b) After the spring semester.
(c) One weekend in March.
(d) Immediately before spring finals.

7. What sound do the branches of the bluish white hickory tree make?
(a) Harp.
(b) Howling.
(c) Whisper.
(d) Whistle.

8. Where does William first see evidence of Margaret's work?
(a) Windows.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Laundry.

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

10. What outlines the graves in New Church?
(a) Cups.
(b) China animals.
(c) Barbed wire.
(d) White stone.

11. Why is Abigail expelled from college?
(a) Drinking alcohol.
(b) She attends an elopement.
(c) Poor grades.
(d) Not checking in for curfew.

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

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

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

15. Who goes out on the nights of the new moon to look for a hoop snake?
(a) Nina and Crissy.
(b) Robert and Abigail.
(c) Abigail and Nina.
(d) Crissy and 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. Whose job is it to water the garden in Margaret's family?

3. As a girl, where does Margaret go on winter mornings?

4. Who sits on the Carmichael porch to play the banjo and sing the blues?

5. What is another name that Margaret knows for water moccasins?

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