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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Abigail see in place of the fence?
2. Where does Abner Carmichael live?
3. When William comes across a still, the whiskey is aging in ______________.
4. What is like "stain on a sponge"?
5. What is the river compared to in the first Book of Abigail?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator say in the first section that indicates that she might be lonely?
2. What memories does Abigail think of after she thinks the owl flies over the river?
3. What does the narrator mean when she says that the county will find out about her oldest daughters being sent away because "they always know everything"?
4. Explain the term Freejack.
5. Describe the Howland tomb and its eventual use.
6. Describe Abigail, William's daughter, as a child.
7. What delays William's trip into the swamp to find the Robertson's liquor still?
8. What does Aimee Legendre Howland have a craving for, and how does she meet this craving?
9. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail remember of being a child in this house?
10. In addition to the month being stated, what other clues about the season is the reader given in the first paragraph?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In reciting the history of the Howlands, deaths are treated matter-of-factly and with little emotion. While the scene of Lorena's death carries little emotion, it is described with great detail. Why is this significant?
Essay Topic 2
Describe what the author means by "keep your heart ticking under the sheltering arches of your ribs."
Essay Topic 3
In "The Keepers of the House," there are two Abigail books. One is the shortest book, and the other is the largest. Compare and contrast the purpose of these two books in this novel.
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