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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Roy's condition for allowing Edith and John to go out together?
(a) Roy had to accompany them on their dates.
(b) Edith had to take on more chores.
(c) Lyman must go with them.
(d) Edith and John had to be home before dark.

2. In which season did Edith and John begin dating?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

3. In Chapter 2, what is Roy said to have hated?
(a) The winter.
(b) Interfering neighbors.
(c) Depending on others.
(d) Hard work.

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

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

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

7. In Chapter 4, when Sandy talks about Edith crying, how many more times does he say she would cry in her lifetime?
(a) Three more times.
(b) Never again.
(c) Two more times.
(d) One more time.

8. How did Roy feel about the fact that Ada was dying?
(a) Terrified.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Happy.

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

10. What were Roy's hands said to look like after the cutting machine accident?
(a) Hamburger.
(b) Bloody cheese.
(c) Intestine.
(d) Leather.

11. In Chapter 2, what did Hannah Roscoe offer to Ada?
(a) A bath.
(b) A used pot.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A jar of jam.

12. In what year did Ada become ill?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1921.

13. How many children did Leona have with her first husband?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

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

15. Where did Roy Goodnough and Ada Twamley get married?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Leona's surname?

2. As a child, what did Sandy do with Edith?

3. Who carried Roy's digits to town?

4. What does Sandy correct the reporter about in Chapter 1?

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

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