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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 says that William's decision to remain a widower is indecent?
(a) Mariah Peters.
(b) Annie, his sister.
(c) Abigail, his daughter.
(d) Lucy Whittemore.

2. Where does Abner Carmichael live?
(a) In a floating house in New Church.
(b) In the biggest brick house in New Church.
(c) In a houseboat in Mobile.
(d) In a shack in the middle of the swamp.

3. What is trainasse?
(a) Creole name for narrow tunnels in a marsh.
(b) Cajun name for the marsh.
(c) An animal found in the swamp.
(d) Cajun name for swamp water.

4. What is the eye color of the last William Howland's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. In the first chapter, how long has it been since Abigail has seen one of Margaret's children?
(a) Five years.
(b) A year.
(c) Three months.
(d) A month.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there no pictures of Lorena Adams Howland?

2. What did William give his daughter as a homecoming surprise after her first year of college?

3. What is flying around the porch in the first chapter?

4. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail believe she sees over the river?

5. What does Abigail do immediately before watering?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail remember of being a child in this house?

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

3. In addition to the month being stated, what other clues about the season is the reader given in the first paragraph?

4. Describe the still that William eventually finds.

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

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

7. Describe Lorena Adams.

8. What memories does Abigail think of after she thinks the owl flies over the river?

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

10. Describe the Howland tomb and its eventual use.

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