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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. What did William give his daughter as a homecoming surprise after her first year of college?
(a) A trip to Europe.
(b) A book of poetry.
(c) A gazebo.
(d) A horse.

2. How did William Marshall Howland die?
(a) Killed in the Civil War.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Murdered by five Indians.

3. Whom does Abigail envision as saying, "just like a Howland"?
(a) The county.
(b) Margaret's children.
(c) The servants.
(d) Her ex-husband's family.

4. From what state did William Marshall Howland originally come?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

5. What is a 'painter' as mentioned in the Book of William?
(a) An artist.
(b) A bobcat.
(c) A type of slave.
(d) Someone who paints barns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is squirming "helplessly on the boards" of the porch?

2. Who is passed out in the corner after the groom's breakfast?

3. To whom does William admit being able to stand for his whole life, so he can manage a little more?

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

5. In Abigail's imagination, who stands next to her on the porch in the first Book of Abigail?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Howland tomb and its eventual use.

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

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

4. Explain the term Freejack.

5. Describe the land that William Marshall Howland claims.

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

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

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

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

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

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