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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. How long was Ada in labor with her first child?
(a) One day.
(b) Seventeen hours.
(c) Two and a half days.
(d) Three days.

2. What did John want to do because Roy made Edith so miserable?
(a) Send Roy to an institution.
(b) Elope with Edith.
(c) Give Edith some money so she could run away.
(d) Kill Roy.

3. What brand of automobile did Lyman favor?
(a) Pontiacs.
(b) Fords.
(c) Buicks.
(d) Chevrolets.

4. What did Roy hate about harvest time?
(a) The labor was back-breaking.
(b) It was when town was overrun with tourists.
(c) He and his children couldn't do it on their own.
(d) Harvest time meant winter was coming.

5. What is the name of the doctor who treated Roy?
(a) Dr. Penfield.
(b) Dr. Parker.
(c) Dr. Peters.
(d) Dr. Penner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Ada become ill?

2. In Chapter 4, what did Roy go out to the barn to do?

3. When Roy and Ada first arrived at their land, what was Roy's first order of business?

4. Who is said to have visited the local tavern in Chapter 5?

5. What does Sandy say Edith never cried over?

Short Essay Questions

1. What complaint did Roy make about John in Chapter 3?

2. What happened to Ada in 1914, and how did Roy seem to feel about it?

3. What did John see in the field as he and Sandy drove past the Goodnough farm in Chapter 6?

4. Why did John suspect that the barbed wire may be Roy's and not his own?

5. What does the reporter ask Sandy, which prompts Sandy to kick him off his land?

6. How is Roy Goodnough described in the first three chapters of the book?

7. What happened after John and Roy had an argument that came to blows in Chapter 6?

8. What did the doctor do to help Roy, and what was the lasting effect of his accident?

9. Why did Edith keep gum in her apron pockets?

10. What does Sandy say about the article that the Denver Post publishes?

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