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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. Who is August marrying?
(a) Helen Smythe.
(b) Jane Miley.
(c) Natasha Beddenfeld.
(d) Renee Richards.

2. What is George's wife holding when she tells him their son has died?
(a) A shoe.
(b) An egg.
(c) A plate.
(d) A tissue.

3. What did Prentiss's and Landry's mother used to do after Landry's beatings?
(a) Let him bathe in the pond.
(b) Sing to him.
(c) Pray for him.
(d) Plaster his wounds with brine.

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

5. What does Landry make for Isabelle?
(a) A hat.
(b) Socks.
(c) A flower chain.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the brothers George comes across in Chapter 1?

2. What is August's and Caleb's relationship like?

3. What does George learn about the way his son died?

4. Who barely speaks in Chapter 1?

5. How does Caleb get into town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the townspeople turn against George after he begins employing Prentiss and Landry?

3. In Chapter 1, what terrible news has George just heard?

4. What does Landry have a great appreciation for?

5. Why does Landry stop speaking?

6. Why did Caleb sign up to serve in the war in the first place?

7. What does Isabelle do when George tells her Caleb has died?

8. Why did the soldiers cut Caleb's face?

9. What does General Glass want George to do in Chapter 10?

10. Why are Prentiss and Landry in the woods on George's land?

(see the answer keys)

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