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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 condition was Lyman in after the car accident?
(a) Dead.
(b) Dazed.
(c) Perfectly fine.
(d) Unconscious.

2. Why didn't John lease the Goodnough land?
(a) John didn't have enough money.
(b) Roy was offered more money by someone else.
(c) Roy wouldn't allow it.
(d) John knew the land was useless for farming.

3. What did John die of?
(a) An asthma attack.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) A stroke.
(d) A bee sting.

4. What game did Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman often play together?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Rook.
(c) Poker.
(d) Rummy.

5. Toward the end of Chapter 9, what did Edith say she was looking forward to?
(a) Having Sandy's child come visit.
(b) Going shopping with Mavis.
(c) The day at the fair.
(d) Going on a trip with Lyman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Edith say she and Lyman could do with the money she saved?

2. What did Edith spend the money Lyman sent her on?

3. What does Sandy say he wishes Mavis had?

4. Where did Clevis run away to after hearing Twyla's news?

5. How many months pregnant was Mavis when the car accident happened?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Edith call on Sandy in October of 1952?

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

3. After John's death, what did Sandy and Leona argue about?

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

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

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

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

8. What worried Sandy about Mavis' first pregnancy?

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

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

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