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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mavis' maiden name?
(a) Pickett.
(b) Johnston.
(c) Davis.
(d) Reynolds.

2. What does Sandy say Mavis dislikes about his personality?
(a) He is too eager to help people.
(b) He is bullheaded.
(c) He is arrogant.
(d) He is slow to understand.

3. What did John die of?
(a) A stroke.
(b) An asthma attack.
(c) A bee sting.
(d) A heart attack.

4. What were John and Sandy doing when John died?
(a) Planting crops.
(b) Harvesting grain.
(c) Feeding the cows.
(d) Rounding up cattle.

5. What gift did Lyman give Sandy in Chapter 9?
(a) A shoehorn.
(b) A snow globe.
(c) An ashtray.
(d) A pen.

6. What did Sandy note about Lyman's appearance when he returned home?
(a) Lyman was well-dressed.
(b) Lyman looked like a hobo.
(c) Lyman's hair had fallen out.
(d) Lyman was wearing his father's clothes.

7. In which month did the Holt County Fair take place?
(a) August.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) July.

8. When did Mavis decide it was time for her and Sandy to marry?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1968.

9. What condition was Lyman in after the car accident?
(a) Dead.
(b) Dazed.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Perfectly fine.

10. Who drove the car on the way home from the county fair?
(a) Sandy.
(b) Edith.
(c) Lyman.
(d) Mavis.

11. What game did Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman often play together?
(a) Rook.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Rummy.
(d) Poker.

12. In what year did Sandy graduate from high school?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1942.

13. What did Wilbur do to make Sandy think he was weak?
(a) Wilbur often visited his doctor.
(b) Wilbur sweated a lot.
(c) Wilbur couldn't drink much.
(d) Wilbur shook hands using two hands.

14. How did Edith feel about Lyman's return home?
(a) Confused.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Burdened.
(d) Relieved.

15. How did Sandy feel about his mother's announcement in 1952?
(a) Angry.
(b) Happy.
(c) Betrayed.
(d) Devastated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lyman say he missed most while he was away?

2. What did Edith say she and Lyman could do with the money she saved?

3. After Lyman returned home, what did he and Edith do some work on?

4. What did Sandy need to return to school to study in order to complete his degree?

5. Which doctor was John taken to after his death?

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