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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which woman is considered to be very annoying by most people?
(a) Lizette.
(b) Lily.
(c) Ginny.
(d) Florrie.

2. What does Ginny remember about her mother?
(a) She was a midwife.
(b) She baked wonderful pies.
(c) She did not like the Pentecostal church.
(d) She had a beautiful singing voice.

3. Why does Tom plant surplus vegetables in the garden?
(a) To can them.
(b) To give them to the preacher.
(c) To take to the soup kitchen.
(d) To sell them.

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

5. What does Tom forbid Ginny to do?
(a) Be out after dark.
(b) Drink liquor.
(c) Get a job.
(d) Attend a revival.

6. How many peaches does Lily peel for every six that Ginny peels?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eight.
(d) One.

7. What does Tom do every night?
(a) Counts his money.
(b) Reads to the children.
(c) Feeds the pigs.
(d) Milks the cows.

8. What is Pa unable to produce that would help his case in court?
(a) A bill of sale.
(b) The lawyer's retainer fee.
(c) A blueprint of the property.
(d) A deed to the property.

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

10. From what disease has Ginny recently recovered?
(a) Bronchitis.
(b) Scarlet Fever.
(c) Measles.
(d) Pneumonia.

11. One day, Tom comes running into the house shouting that the _________________ are on fire.
(a) smokehouse.
(b) barn.
(c) outhouse.
(d) pastures.

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

13. What does Ginny ask of the person to whom she writes the letter?
(a) Christmas candy recipes.
(b) To borrow some money.
(c) Memories of their mother.
(d) To come for a visit.

14. What does Tom do that makes Ginny feel even worse about the state of their marriage?
(a) He ignores her.
(b) He talks about her in front of the children.
(c) He goes drinking every night.
(d) He talks to a lawyer about getting a divorce.

15. What causes a series of knocking sounds in the house?
(a) Kids playing a prank.
(b) A tree branch.
(c) A demon spirit.
(d) Hail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tom angry when he comes home from the fields one day?

2. What is Tom doing to try and put out the fire?

3. Which of the following do the women NOT argue about?

4. Who starts shooting during a revival which Ginny attends?

5. What do Tom and Ginny do to work on repairing their marriage?

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