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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tom react when he learns that Ginny has fired Florrie?
(a) He brings Florrie back.
(b) He screams at her.
(c) He moves out of the house.
(d) He says nothing.

2. What is ironic about Tom's protests about taking care of people who have typhoid?
(a) His father died from typhoid.
(b) Ginny will die from typhoid.
(c) He will die from typhoid.
(d) His own child will die from typhoid.

3. As Ginny works in the fields with Tom, she begins to understand __________________.
(a) the importance of mulching.
(b) the importance of fertilizer.
(c) the importance of rotating crops.
(d) the importance of the farm to Tom.

4. Where is the only place that Ginny feels she can get any peace?
(a) The library.
(b) The smokehouse.
(c) The outhouse.
(d) The barn.

5. What does Ginny wet in the stream so she and Pa can breathe through it and get to safety?
(a) Her coat.
(b) Her crinoline.
(c) Her apron.
(d) Her dress.

6. What is the name of the family which lives on the other side of the mountain?
(a) Schultz.
(b) Miller.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Hall.

7. What does Ginny accuse Florrie of doing?
(a) Putting too much bleach in the laundry.
(b) Talking about her behind her back.
(c) Taking money from the house.
(d) Trying to steal her husband.

8. To whom does Ginny write a letter in Chapter 15?
(a) Florrie.
(b) Locke.
(c) Lily.
(d) Joe.

9. Who dies from having a stroke and then falling on an ax?
(a) Mr. Johnson.
(b) Pa.
(c) Tom.
(d) Joe.

10. Lily tells a story about losing her ________________.
(a) earrings.
(b) umbrella.
(c) purse.
(d) hat.

11. Who is the lawyer Ginny and Pa hire to legally establish the the boundary of their property?
(a) Lawyer Voyles.
(b) Lawyer Kerrigan.
(c) Lawyer Jameson.
(d) Lawyer Gibbs.

12. How long does it take Ginny to write the letter?
(a) Over a week.
(b) Several hours.
(c) A few minutes.
(d) A month.

13. Florrie considers Lily to be a ___________________.
(a) hypocrite.
(b) great conversationalist.
(c) compassionate person.
(d) good friend.

14. What does Florrie do every time that Lily speaks?
(a) Agrees with her.
(b) Coughs.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Rolls her eyes.

15. Which disease hits the midwife's family?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Yellow Fever.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Typhoid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ginny insist on doing when Tom offers to get Florrie's help?

2. What is the name of Ginny's new baby girl in Chapter 17?

3. Why do Florrie and the woman in #109 go to Ginny's house?

4. What does Ginny hear one night as she and Tom make love?

5. From what disease has Ginny recently recovered?

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