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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the road crews discover when they blast through McCarren Hill?
(a) Hundreds of snakes.
(b) An Indian cemetery.
(c) A swamp.
(d) Gold.

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

3. What is the last name of the cousins that Abigail goes on an outing with once or twice a month?
(a) Howland.
(b) Armstrong.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Bannister.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Three books are mentioned that Abigail receives for agreeing to pretend to be the sick child. They are The Swiss Family Robinson, Kidnapped, and ________________.
(a) Wizard of Oz.
(b) Jo's Boys.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Treasure Island.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margaret give to Little Matthew?

2. What career does Robert have, and where is his first job?

3. How old was Margaret when her mother left for good?

4. After the Korean War, where does John set up his practice?

5. Who is Abigail referring to when she says, "He was as courtly as a planter out of a novel"?

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