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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 do Tom and Ginny do to work on repairing their marriage?
(a) Plan for another baby.
(b) Move into their own home.
(c) Working together in the fields.
(d) Go to marriage counseling.

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

3. What is the doctor's diagnosis of Tom's sickness?
(a) Whooping Cough.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) German Measles.
(d) Colitis.

4. Where does Tom go after the fire?
(a) Florrie's house.
(b) A bar in town.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The outhouse.

5. What imaginary things does Moody think are hiding behind the barn?
(a) Outlaws.
(b) Giraffes.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Wolves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies from having a stroke and then falling on an ax?

2. How many pages does the letter consist of?

3. Which woman is considered to be very annoying by most people?

4. Who accompanies Florrie to Ginny's house in Chapter 10?

5. Why is Tom's reaction when Ginny invites the midwife's children to stay at the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ginny reveal to Locke in the letter about their father and the hypocrisy in the family?

2. Why do Florrie and Lily go to Ginny's house to help, and what do the two sisters think of Lily?

3. What is the purpose of Chapter 10 regarding Ginny's feelings about Florrie?

4. What is the nature of the dream that Ginny has regarding Thurman Johnson?

5. How is the blinding smoke a metaphor for Ginny and Tom's marriage?

6. Soon after the birth of Ginny's son, Muir, why does Tom get so angry when she invites the midwife's children to stay for awhile?

7. How does Ginny feels that she has shunned the way of the church by working with Tom

8. Explain what Tom does when Ginny refuses to stay home from the revival and what his motivations might have been.

9. Why does Ginny feel as if she is fighting for her place in the family regarding Florrie's help?

10. How do Ginny and Tom experience a "baptism of fire" when their land catches on fire?

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