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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. How did Sandy feel about his mother's announcement in 1952?
(a) Devastated.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

2. What did Mavis say Edith and Lyman looked like?
(a) A couple of kids.
(b) A newlywed couple.
(c) Twins.
(d) An elderly couple.

3. What did Edith hang on the wall after her father's death?
(a) Her postcards from Lyman.
(b) Her mother's portrait.
(c) Newspaper clippings.
(d) Paintings she had created.

4. Where did Clevis run away to after hearing Twyla's news?
(a) Washington.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) California.
(d) Oregon.

5. What did Mavis and Edith tease Lyman about at the fair?
(a) Being scared of the rides.
(b) Wearing mismatched shoes.
(c) Dropping his popcorn on the ground.
(d) Choosing rodeo winners.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Clevis left, which city did Sandy take Twyla to?

2. What were John and Sandy doing when John died?

3. What did Wilbur Cox do for a living?

4. Who drove the car on the way home from the county fair?

5. What does Sandy say Mavis dislikes about his personality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What worried Sandy about Mavis' first pregnancy?

2. What story does Sandy tell about the Wellrights?

3. Why did Mavis and Edith insist on staying at the county fair later than planned?

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

5. What did Edith tell Lyman about the money she saved?

6. What did Leona announce in 1952?

7. After Roy's death, what did Edith decorate her house with?

8. What did Sandy fear would happen if Mavis held her baby?

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

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

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