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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 did Roy refer to when he spoke about 'the kid'?
(a) John.
(b) Edith.
(c) Sandy.
(d) His son.
2. Who does the reporter say Sandy fought with on the night of the fire?
(a) His wife.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) A police officer.
(d) The firefighters.
3. In what year did Leona and John get married?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1922.
4. What does Sandy note about the photos of the Goodnough family?
(a) Ada seems to shrink.
(b) Ada never smiles.
(c) Ada is always absent.
(d) Ada often looks bruised.
5. What does the reporter ask Sandy in regards to the Goodnough fire?
(a) Whether Sandy had set it.
(b) Whether it destroyed the whole house.
(c) Whether it was arson.
(d) Whether it was deliberate.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many years are said to have passed without anything of note happening to the Goodnoughs?
2. What does the reporter take from his back pocket in Chapter 1?
3. Where did Roy Goodnough and Ada Twamley get married?
4. What is the age difference between Edith and her brother?
5. What does Sandy say is the reason Edith and Lyman never left the family farm?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who approaches Sandy Roscoe at the beginning of the book, and why?
2. What does the reporter ask Sandy, which prompts Sandy to kick him off his land?
3. What complaint did Roy make about John in Chapter 3?
4. Why does Sandy think Roy chose the plot of land that he did?
5. How is Roy Goodnough described in the first three chapters of the book?
6. What happened after John and Roy had an argument that came to blows in Chapter 6?
7. Where did Lyman go after leaving Holt?
8. What did Wenzel Gerdts tell John about Lyman?
9. What did John see in the field as he and Sandy drove past the Goodnough farm in Chapter 6?
10. On what condition did Roy allow John and Edith to date?
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