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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 is the flowered cloth that Margaret is sewing from?

2. After the Korean War, where does John set up his practice?

3. Who leaves for boarding school the autumn after William's daughter dies?

4. Where does William first see evidence of Margaret's work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Howland kitchen.

2. What does Abigail remember about Robert as a child?

3. How does Margaret know that spring has come in the Book of Margaret?

4. Describe the only act of affection between her grandfather and Margaret that Abigail witnesses.

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

6. Describe the house that Margaret grows up in.

7. Without medical help, one of the children could died from pneumonia. What do the Howlands do?

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

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

10. What does Margaret's first bedroom at the Howland home look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the first section, Abigail admits that if she were to be honest, she would wish that Robert weren't alive. Discuss this statement. Does this make Abigail evil?

Essay Topic 2

The Providence River is mentioned three times within the first six pages. Discuss the possible significance of the river in the story.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss ways that this book may be view as dated. Be certain to address belief systems and attitudes. Is there anything that still rings true today?

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