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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. Who was with Sandy as he buried his father?
(a) Leona.
(b) Edith.
(c) Roy.
(d) Lyman.

2. What did Sandy need to return to school to study in order to complete his degree?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Algebra.
(d) History.

3. After Clevis left, which city did Sandy take Twyla to?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Colorado Springs.
(c) Fort Collins.
(d) Denver.

4. Who was Clevis?
(a) Sandy's farm hand.
(b) Edith's gentleman friend.
(c) Lyman and Edith's cousin.
(d) Sandy's neighbor.

5. After Lyman returned home, what did he and Edith do some work on?
(a) Their property's fencing.
(b) The farm's landscaping.
(c) Their farm equipment.
(d) The old farm house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mavis do for a living?

2. When did Mavis decide it was time for her and Sandy to marry?

3. What did Leona announce in 1952?

4. What did Wilbur Cox do for a living?

5. Why did Mavis and Edith insist on staying at the fair for a longer length of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who were Clevis Stouffer and Twyla Thompson?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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