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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 illusion does Abigail have in the first chapter?
(a) Her grandfather is still alive.
(b) The house appears as it was.
(c) She is happy.
(d) She is dead.

2. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail believe she sees over the river?
(a) A person.
(b) A huge fish.
(c) A thick mist.
(d) An owl.

3. Where does William's daughter go to college?
(a) Mary Baldwin in Virginia.
(b) Agnes Scott College in Georgia.
(c) University of Montevallo in Alabama.
(d) H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in Louisiana.

4. In Abigail's imagination, who stands next to her on the porch in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) Robert.
(b) William.
(c) Margaret.
(d) John.

5. When William tells his granddaughter, "I used to think she'd glow in the night," to whom is he referring?
(a) His mother.
(b) His daughter, Abigail.
(c) Lorena.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

1. When William is called to war, where does he go?

2. How did William Marshall Howland die?

3. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail water?

4. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?

5. From what state did William Marshall Howland originally come?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the reaction when William subscribes to the New York Tribune at his daughter's request?

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

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

5. Explain the term Freejack.

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

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

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

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

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

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