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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. In what year did Mavis get pregnant for the first time?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1971.

2. What did Edith spend the money Lyman sent her on?
(a) Her father's funeral.
(b) Nothing - she saved it.
(c) A new automobile.
(d) Clothing.

3. How old was Sandy in Chapter 8?
(a) Nineteen years old.
(b) Twenty-two years old.
(c) Twenty-four years old.
(d) Twenty-five years old.

4. How old was Mavis during her first pregnancy?
(a) Thirty years old.
(b) Thirty-three years old.
(c) Thirty-seven years old.
(d) Thirty-five years old.

5. What did Sandy smell when he got out of the car after the accident?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Gas.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appliance did Lyman and Edith purchase?

2. What does Sandy say he wishes Mavis had?

3. How did Sandy feel about returning to college again after his fourth year?

4. What did John die of?

5. What was the name of the bridge that marked where Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman got into a car accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. What activities were Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman said to often do together?

2. What did Leona announce in 1952?

3. Why does Sandy say he is not proud of the decade that followed his mother's remarriage?

4. Who did John arrange to lease the Goodnough land, and why?

5. When, where, and how did John die?

6. Who were Clevis Stouffer and Twyla Thompson?

7. How did Edith and Sandy feel about Lyman's return in 1961?

8. On the night of Lyman's return, what did he bring out from his suitcases?

9. What 'joke' did Twyla tell Clevis and Sandy one night after a party?

10. What did Mavis say about Edith and Lyman while on the Ferris Wheel?

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