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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 gift did Lyman give Sandy in Chapter 9?
(a) An ashtray.
(b) A snow globe.
(c) A pen.
(d) A shoehorn.

2. How much money did Sandy give to Twyla?
(a) Five thousand dollars.
(b) Ten thousand dollars.
(c) One thousand dollars.
(d) Fifteen thousand dollars.

3. In which month did the Holt County Fair take place?
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

4. What did Leona announce in 1952?
(a) That she was pregnant.
(b) That she had cancer.
(c) That she would remarry.
(d) That she was moving to Denver.

5. What city was the gift from that Lyman gave Sandy?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Milwaukee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Mavis get pregnant for the first time?

2. How did Sandy say he could ask Mavis' father for permission to marry?

3. In what year did Lyman return home?

4. Toward the end of Chapter 9, what did Edith say she was looking forward to?

5. What was Mavis' maiden name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Sandy tell about the Wellrights?

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

3. Who were Clevis Stouffer and Twyla Thompson?

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

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

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

7. What did Edith tell Sandy she was looking forward to towards the end of Chapter 9?

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

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

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

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