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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose job is it to water the garden in Margaret's family?
(a) The youngest child.
(b) Abner Carmichael.
(c) Margaret.
(d) The great-grandmother.

3. Two African American children, six and seven years old, arrived at the Howland kitchen door on Sunday afternoon. What did everyone call these children?
(a) Freejacks.
(b) Hobos.
(c) Drifters.
(d) Bums.

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

5. Who is Abigail referring to when she says, "He was as courtly as a planter out of a novel"?
(a) John Tolliver.
(b) The governor.
(c) William.
(d) President of the university.

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

7. What does Abigail's mother do with letters that arrive from her husband?
(a) Reads them.
(b) Throws them into the fire.
(c) Cries over them.
(d) Rips them in half.

8. What does Margaret do with the fruit she finds in the woods around the Howland home?
(a) Feeds it to the hogs.
(b) Turns it into preserves.
(c) Eats it.
(d) Makes pies with it.

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

10. What does Margaret eat from the streams?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Wild watercress.
(c) Fish.
(d) Turtle.

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

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

13. What career does Robert have, and where is his first job?
(a) Architect; Chicago.
(b) Engineer; San Francisco.
(c) Banker; Philadelphia.
(d) Doctor; Los Angeles.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Margaret's family once turned into beads?

2. Who attends Carnegie Tech?

3. Three books are mentioned that Abigail receives for agreeing to pretend to be the sick child. They are The Swiss Family Robinson, Kidnapped, and ________________.

4. 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?

5. Where does Margaret wash the clothes?

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