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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Edith send Roy to see in Chapter 4?
(a) John.
(b) A real estate agent.
(c) The local church minister.
(d) Dr. Parker.

2. What did John spend his nights doing after Edith refused his proposal?
(a) Sitting at home with his mother.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Gambling.

3. What does Sandy say is the reason Edith and Lyman never left the family farm?
(a) They had no opportunities to do so.
(b) They couldn't afford to leave.
(c) They were devoted to the farm.
(d) They never got married.

4. What does Sandy correct the reporter about in Chapter 1?
(a) The time of day.
(b) The pronunciation of a name.
(c) The breed of his horse.
(d) The value of his property.

5. What did Edith keep in her apron pocket?
(a) A comb.
(b) A pencil.
(c) Bubble gum.
(d) Playing cards.

6. Who did John meet outside the hardware store?
(a) Wenzel Gerdts.
(b) Bud Sealy.
(c) Edith.
(d) Roy.

7. Where is Sandy working at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Inside a corral.
(b) Inside a garage.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In a field.

8. When Roy and Ada first arrived at their land, where did Ada live?
(a) In a lean-to.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a cabin.
(d) With Hannah Roscoe.

9. In Chapter 4, what was Edith putting in the bowl into which Roy dropped something?
(a) Beans.
(b) Strawberries.
(c) Cut apples.
(d) Radishes.

10. Where did John tell Sandy about his courtship with Edith?
(a) By a river.
(b) While working in the barn.
(c) On a dirt road.
(d) At a diner.

11. Who does Sandy say gave the reporter information for his story?
(a) Sandy's wife.
(b) The sheriff.
(c) Sandy's mother.
(d) The Goodnoughs.

12. How did Leona's first husband die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) He had cancer.
(c) He hung himself.
(d) He was in an automobile accident.

13. In Chapter 4, what did Roy go out to the barn to do?
(a) Chop off his last finger.
(b) Stop Lyman from slaughtering a pig.
(c) Confront John about proposing to Edith.
(d) Kill himself.

14. How many years are said to have passed without anything of note happening to the Goodnoughs?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Fifteen years.

15. What did John see when he ordered Sandy to stop the truck in Chapter 6?
(a) A cow giving birth in a field.
(b) Roy shuffling down the road.
(c) Edith driving a tractor.
(d) A barn on fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Roy's accident, what did John send Roy's son to do?

2. How did Edith feel when John proposed to her?

3. How did Roy feel about the fact that Ada was dying?

4. What does Sandy note about the photos of the Goodnough family?

5. Where does the man who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1 say he is from?

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