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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. With whom does Ramona live?
(a) Husband and daughter.
(b) Sister.
(c) The Howlands.
(d) No one.

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

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

7. Who goes out on the nights of the new moon to look for a hoop snake?
(a) Robert and Abigail.
(b) Nina and Crissy.
(c) Crissy and Robert.
(d) Abigail and Nina.

8. Why is Abigail away from home for almost a year?
(a) Her grandfather and Margaret take Abigail's mother to a tuberculosis sanitarium.
(b) A flood takes away the home, which has to be rebuilt.
(c) Margaret is mourning due to two miscarriages.
(d) Hiding her from her father.

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

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

11. Where is Margaret when she first sees the spirit of her great-grandmother?
(a) On an island in the swamp.
(b) By her cousin's mule.
(c) By her tomato plants.
(d) On the porch.

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

13. How many children do William and Margaret have?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attends Carnegie Tech?

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

3. What outlines the graves in New Church?

4. According to Margaret's mother, what is hippin?

5. At one point during the grandmother's funeral, Margaret wishes she was _____________.

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