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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does George remember fondly from his youth?
(a) Jane.
(b) Taffy.
(c) James.
(d) Henry.

2. What does Landry identify with in Isabelle?
(a) Her pain.
(b) Her prayer.
(c) Her singing.
(d) Her work ethic.

3. Who is responsible for Caleb's injury?
(a) His father.
(b) The soldiers punishing him for deserting.
(c) Natasha.
(d) August.

4. Who is Isabelle's brother?
(a) Silas.
(b) John.
(c) Henry.
(d) James.

5. Which of George's neighbors used to own slaves?
(a) Michael Timlon.
(b) Ted Morton.
(c) Richard Henton.
(d) Franklin Linton.

6. Where does Caleb say he has come from?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Maine.
(d) The Carolinas.

7. In Chapter 4, what happens to Old Ox twice in 50 years?
(a) It is hit by a tornado.
(b) It is flooded.
(c) It burns down.
(d) It has blizzards.

8. What does George learn about the way his son died?
(a) He died of cancer.
(b) He died in a car accident.
(c) He killed himself.
(d) He was a deserter.

9. What is Caleb worried about after Ted leaves?
(a) He will come back.
(b) He will kill himself.
(c) He will set a fire to their land.
(d) He will call the police.

10. Who does Isabelle eat with after she storms out of the party in Chapter 9?
(a) Caleb, George, Prentiss, and Landry.
(b) John and Henry.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Helen and Jane.

11. What does someone try to steal from the clothesline in Chapter 2?
(a) Socks.
(b) Sheets.
(c) A shirt.
(d) Underwear.

12. Why does George refuse General Glass's request?
(a) He does not know how to cook.
(b) He hates Wade Webler.
(c) He can not keep secrets.
(d) He does not have any money.

13. What does Landry know about Prentiss?
(a) The two will never be separated.
(b) Prentiss wants to get married.
(c) Prentiss will leave him soon.
(d) Prentiss was their mother's favorite.

14. Who is George's donkey?
(a) Fred.
(b) Ridley.
(c) Bones.
(d) Richard.

15. Why does Landry get beaten so often?
(a) He never does all his work.
(b) The overseer chooses him to take the beatings for the slaves who escaped.
(c) He talks back all the time.
(d) As revenge for his father running away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Landry's and Prentiss's mother?

2. Who comes home with Isabelle after she storms out of the party in Chapter 9?

3. Who does George go to see for legal and financial affairs?

4. Who does George visit at the whorehouse regularly?

5. What does George ask Prentiss and Landry to do for him in Chapter 5?

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