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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. Where does the man who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1 say he is from?
(a) The Colorado Times.
(b) The Colorado Express.
(c) The Denver Post.
(d) The Denver Daily.

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

3. Why did Edith refuse John's proposal?
(a) Edith didn't love John.
(b) Edith knew her father needed her.
(c) Edith wanted to marry a wealthy man.
(d) Edith didn't want to be trapped on a farm forever.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Leona have with her first husband?

2. What does Sandy say Edith never cried over?

3. What is Sandy's surname?

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

5. What is Roy said to have constantly done to Lyman?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Wenzel Gerdts tell John about Lyman?

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

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

5. How did Ada and Hannah become friends?

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

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

8. Who did John meet and marry after Edith refused his proposal?

9. How did Roy try to manipulate his daughter into refusing John's proposal?

10. What accident occurred one day while the Goodnoughs and John were bringing in the harvest?

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