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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. When William comes across a still, the whiskey is aging in ______________.
(a) Pine barrel.
(b) Oak kegs.
(c) Cedar kegs.
(d) Copper pot.

2. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?
(a) The trees.
(b) The river.
(c) November evenings.
(d) The Howland estate.

3. To whom does William admit being able to stand for his whole life, so he can manage a little more?
(a) Rufus Matthews.
(b) Ramona.
(c) Annie.
(d) Calvin Robertson.

4. Who says, "Wind's to the west"?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Annie.
(c) William.
(d) Oliver.

5. What does Abigail see in place of the fence?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Rope.
(c) Wood for a new fence.
(d) Cherokee rose branches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mammal does William see at the large freshwater lake in the middle of the swamp?

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

3. Whom does Abigail envision as saying, "just like a Howland"?

4. What does Abigail see when she looks east and north in the first Book of Abigail?

5. How did William Marshall Howland die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has survived the frost in the first section to Abigail's surprise and how?

2. What are Abigail's younger children doing as she stands on the porch?

3. Describe Lorena Adams.

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

5. Immediately after Lorena's death, what plants does William notice?

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

7. Describe the still that William eventually finds.

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

9. How is the content of "The Keepers of the House" organized?

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

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