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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 does Sandy say gave the reporter information for his story?
(a) Sandy's wife.
(b) The Goodnoughs.
(c) Sandy's mother.
(d) The sheriff.

2. What is the man wearing who approaches Sandy in Chapter 1?
(a) Yellow boots.
(b) Yellow pants.
(c) A yellow bow tie.
(d) A yellow raincoat.

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

4. Where did Roy Goodnough and Ada Twamley get married?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Iowa.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Illinois.

5. How old was John Roscoe when the Goodnoughs took residence near his home?
(a) Six years old.
(b) Three years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Ten years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, when Sandy talks about Edith crying, how many more times does he say she would cry in her lifetime?

2. What was the name of the local hardware store?

3. What was Roy's condition for allowing Edith and John to go out together?

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

5. What does Sandy say Edith never cried over?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Edith decide not to marry John?

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

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

5. What did Wenzel Gerdts tell John about Lyman?

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

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

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

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

10. Where did Lyman go after leaving Holt?

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