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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 is the flowered cloth that Margaret is sewing from?
(a) Old sheets.
(b) Material purchased for curtains.
(c) Something that Ramona gives her.
(d) An old dress belonging to William's wife.

2. Who leaves for boarding school the autumn after William's daughter dies?
(a) Nina.
(b) Robert.
(c) Crissy.
(d) Abigail.

3. What color is the swamp azalea in this book?
(a) White and purple.
(b) Red and yellow.
(c) Pink and red.
(d) Pink and white.

4. What does Margaret do with the fruit she finds in the woods around the Howland home?
(a) Makes pies with it.
(b) Feeds it to the hogs.
(c) Turns it into preserves.
(d) Eats it.

5. Who was the youngest of Margaret's children?
(a) Nina.
(b) Robert.
(c) Crissy.
(d) Abigail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Abigail go on vacation after graduating from high school?

2. What did Margaret's family once turned into beads?

3. How does William honor his daughter after death in Wade County?

4. What sound do the branches of the bluish white hickory tree make?

5. Ramona hunts through an armoire until she finds _________ for Margaret.

Short Essay Questions

1. What's the story of Cousin Francine's marriages?

2. What does Margaret find in the Howland woods that she brings back to the house?

3. Explain why the townspeople are angry at the grandfather for not bringing his daughter's body home for burial from Santa Fe?

4. What are Abigail's days like after she and John marry but before he finishes his last year of law school?

5. How long does the great-grandmother's funeral last?

6. Describe Somerset County.

7. Describe how Margaret's family spend their time when the floods require that they move out of their home for three to four weeks.

8. What does Abigail remember about the first part of her life?

9. What are death gifts, and what happens if you touch one?

10. How does Margaret behave after her children leave for boarding school?

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