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

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

3. Who leased the Goodnough land?
(a) Charlie Best.
(b) Bud Sealy.
(c) Jack Smythe.
(d) Wenzel Gerdts.

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

5. What did Sandy note about Lyman's appearance when he returned home?
(a) Lyman's hair had fallen out.
(b) Lyman was wearing his father's clothes.
(c) Lyman looked like a hobo.
(d) Lyman was well-dressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Sandy in Chapter 8?

2. What did Twyla tell Sandy and Clevis one night after a party?

3. What game did Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman often play together?

4. Toward the end of Chapter 9, who did Mavis say she was worried about?

5. After Clevis left, which hotel did Sandy leave Twyla at?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When Mavis decided it was time to get married, what did she tell Sandy to do?

4. What does Sandy say about his and Mavis' personalities?

5. What worried Sandy about Mavis' first pregnancy?

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

7. In spite of his objections, what did Sandy do for his mother when she decided to remarry?

8. What did Mavis and Edith tease Lyman about at the county fair?

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

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

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