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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a girl, where does Margaret go on winter mornings?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Stays in bed.
(c) By the stove.
(d) Hollow tree trunk.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How old is Margaret when she learns the story of her father?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

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

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

13. How old was Margaret when her mother left for good?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margaret eat from the streams?

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

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

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

5. Where does Abigail go on vacation after graduating from high school?

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