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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. What was Leona's surname?
(a) Quincy Newcomb.
(b) Barker Newcomb.
(c) Turner Newcomb.
(d) Fisher Newcomb.

2. As a child, what did Sandy do with Edith?
(a) Baked pies.
(b) Played cards.
(c) Chores.
(d) His homework.

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

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

5. What does the reporter ask Sandy in regards to the Goodnough fire?
(a) Whether it destroyed the whole house.
(b) Whether Sandy had set it.
(c) Whether it was deliberate.
(d) Whether it was arson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Leona and John get married?

3. What does Sandy note that the man who approaches him can't figure out?

4. Who does Sandy say gave the reporter information for his story?

5. Where does the man who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1 say he is from?

Short Essay Questions

1. On what condition did Roy allow John and Edith to date?

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

3. How did Ada and Hannah become friends?

4. Why did Edith decide not to marry John?

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

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

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

8. Why did John and Sandy take Lyman to the train station in Chapter 6?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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