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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. Which one of Margaret's children has Abigail recently seen in the first chapter?
(a) Will.
(b) Robert.
(c) Bill.
(d) Johnny.
2. How many bedrooms does Annie count in the Howland home?
(a) 22.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 18.
3. What does Abigail do immediately before watering?
(a) Cries.
(b) Turns on the porch light.
(c) Tells the children to wash for dinner.
(d) Puts on a sweater.
4. What do people call "the bones of the earth," according to the author?
(a) The granite outcroppings in winter fields.
(b) A rock outcropping in a valley.
(c) A dry pond.
(d) The trees of winter.
5. What is squirming "helplessly on the boards" of the porch?
(a) A mouse.
(b) Abigail.
(c) Beetles.
(d) A bird with a broken wing.
Short Answer Questions
1. When William tells his granddaughter, "I used to think she'd glow in the night," to whom is he referring?
2. What mammal does William see at the large freshwater lake in the middle of the swamp?
3. What attacks William so that he coats his body with muck?
4. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?
5. What illusion does Abigail have in the first chapter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the reaction when William subscribes to the New York Tribune at his daughter's request?
2. How is the content of "The Keepers of the House" organized?
3. Describe Abigail, William's daughter, as a child.
4. In addition to the month being stated, what other clues about the season is the reader given in the first paragraph?
5. What is Abigail's reasoning for watering the geraniums so late in the season?
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. Describe the still that William eventually finds.
9. Describe Lorena Adams.
10. What has survived the frost in the first section to Abigail's surprise and how?
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