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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is passed out in the corner after the groom's breakfast?
(a) Howland Campbell.
(b) Harry Armstrong.
(c) Gregory Mason.
(d) Mr. Bannister.

2. Where are the Robertsons rumored to build the latest addition to their business?
(a) Madison City.
(b) Honey Island Swamp.
(c) Near New Church.
(d) Across Providence River.

3. What is the river compared to in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) An old mirror.
(b) A roaring lion.
(c) A black pit of nothingness.
(d) A dried up stream.

4. What attacks William so that he coats his body with muck?
(a) Gnats.
(b) Flies.
(c) Mosquitos.
(d) Wasps

5. What is squirming "helplessly on the boards" of the porch?
(a) A mouse.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Abigail.
(d) A bird with a broken wing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has fallen into a weaving of invisible threads at the beginning of the book?

2. When Abigail is being honest with herself, she find herself wishing that ______________was not alive.

3. What river is referred to at the beginning of the book?

4. How many people are among the "parade of figures" that Abigail sees in her mind?

5. Who says, "Wind's to the west"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aimee Legendre Howland have a craving for, and how does she meet this craving?

2. What caused the "ugly smears" in the sky in October in the first section?

3. Describe Lorena Adams.

4. What delays William's trip into the swamp to find the Robertson's liquor still?

5. What is Abigail's reasoning for watering the geraniums so late in the season?

6. How does William live his life after the death of his wife and son?

7. What does William Howland do for amusement while living in Atlanta?

8. Describe the land that William Marshall Howland claims.

9. Describe Abigail, William's daughter, as a child.

10. Why is the November evening so quiet and final?

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