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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. Where are most of the men when the Main Street is destroyed?
(a) Farming in the fields.
(b) In the tavern having drinks.
(c) Rebuilding a barn in the country.
(d) At court in Boulder.

2. Who does Shay learn is dead in Part 1 Chapter 16?
(a) Tom Horn.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Sophie.

3. What does Thora K reveal of her family background in Part 1 Chapter 12?
(a) Her father had a mistress for his entire married life.
(b) Her grandmother was a prostitute.
(c) She married a Norwegian.
(d) She had six brothers that died in their childhood.

4. What is Brandy's last name?
(a) McClive.
(b) McCrab.
(c) McCraw.
(d) McCabe.

5. Where does Brandy and her family live?
(a) Boulder, Colorado.
(b) Tampa, Florida.
(c) Denver, Colorado.
(d) Boston, Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words does Bran speak in Part 1 Chapter 2?

2. Who bought the mirror for Brandy?

3. What does Hutch declare to Shay when they meet by the well in Part 1 Chapter 19?

4. Who gives Shay the mirror?

5. Who does Shay encounter on the way to get Samuel Williams' clothes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do people think of Brandy in Part I Chapter 6?

2. Who are the main characters of the novel, and what is their connection to one another?

3. What happens when Hutch Maddon is thrown from his horse in Part I Chapter 13?

4. What public figure dies in Part I Chapter 19 and how does Thora K react to the death?

5. Who is Lon Maddon?

6. What does Shay realize in Part I Chapter 16?

7. How does Shay prove she is not crazy in Part I Chapter 16?

8. Where does Hutch take Shay in Part I Chapter 20?

9. What does the reader learn of the history of the mirror in Backward?

10. What does the Part 1 Interim reveal?

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