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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 is called to war, where does he go?
(a) Camp Martin in New Orleans.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) Camp Reynolds in Savannah.

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

3. What does Abigail see when she looks east and north in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) Bare fields.
(b) Mist.
(c) Sharp and clear trees on the ridges.
(d) Snow-covered peaks.

4. Who says, "Not being pretty...it worries a girl"?
(a) Margaret.
(b) The older Abigail.
(c) The younger Abigail.
(d) Annie.

5. What river is referred to at the beginning of the book?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) Natchez River.
(c) Providence River.
(d) Canadian River.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the forest fires take place in the Smokies?

2. How many bedrooms does Annie count in the Howland home?

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

4. Where does William's daughter go to college?

5. Who is Michael Campbell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator say in the first section that indicates that she might be lonely?

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

3. Describe the Howland tomb and its eventual use.

4. What is the appearance of the front yard in the first section/chapter?

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

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

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

8. Describe the land that William Marshall Howland claims.

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

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

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