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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ginny surprised to find in the bathroom with Tom as he is bathing?
(a) Lily.
(b) Pa.
(c) Jewel.
(d) Florrie.

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

3. What does Ginny drink when she falls ill?
(a) Whiskey sweetened with sugar.
(b) Cold water.
(c) Hot tea sweetened with sugar.
(d) Hot chocolate.

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

5. What does Ginny hear after she reaches the revival site?
(a) The minister calls out her name.
(b) People talking in voices she can't understand.
(c) Tom's shotgun blasts.
(d) A woman wailing.

6. Why is Tom angry when he comes home from the fields one day?
(a) Florrie was spreading rumors about her affair with Tom.
(b) Someone in town was talking about Ginny.
(c) Someone has been cutting timber on the outskirts of their land.
(d) The tractor broke down again.

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

8. What does Ginny hear one night as she and Tom make love?
(a) Her own voice speaking in tongues.
(b) The baby crying.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) A fire engine siren.

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

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

11. What disturbing item does Ginny recall seeing in the woods?
(a) A shredded dress.
(b) A bloody bandana.
(c) A child's bloody shoe.
(d) A decomposing body.

12. Which of the following is NOT something Ginny envies about Florrie?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her ability to work and drink like a man.
(c) Her flirtatious nature.
(d) Her curly hair.

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

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

15. How many pages does the letter consist of?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lily wear to go to Ginny's house?

3. What does Tom forbid Ginny to do?

4. What does Ginny ask of the person to whom she writes the letter?

5. From what disease has Ginny recently recovered?

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