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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who attends Carnegie Tech?
(a) Crissy.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Robert.
(d) Nina.

3. Who says, "It's hot and I'm miseried"?
(a) Aunt Mary.
(b) Abner Carmichael.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Cousin Kate.

4. What do people clean muddy shoes on at the Howland home?
(a) Rinses off with well water.
(b) Cleans them in the river.
(c) Uses a stick to get the mud out.
(d) Boot scraper shaped like two rabbits.

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

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

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

8. What train runs from Atlanta to Madison City?
(a) The New Orleans line.
(b) Number 5.
(c) The South Atlantic line.
(d) Number 8.

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

10. 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?
(a) Long Gone Lonesome Blues.
(b) Please Send Me Someone To Love.
(c) Mona Lisa.
(d) Glory of Love.

11. How does William honor his daughter after death in Wade County?
(a) A memorial at the church.
(b) Gives a stained glass window to the Methodist church.
(c) He builds a new church building.
(d) A memorial dinner at the house.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Katy moaning in the Book of Margaret?

2. What outlines the graves in New Church?

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

4. Which child receives the most affection from Margaret and William?

5. Who tells Abigail that she's not "beholden" to the Howland home?

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