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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. Which U.S. President is killed while Dillon is in prison?
(a) President Garfield.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) President Kennedy.
(d) President Roosevelt.

2. Why does everyone in her seventh grade class hate Jackie?
(a) She gets good grades.
(b) Her father is in prison.
(c) She acts stuck up.
(d) She lives in a nice house.

3. What does Tony do with Jackie when he takes her to the Moose Club?
(a) Refuses to buy her any supper.
(b) Leaves her alone in a room with pool tables.
(c) Makes fun of her when she won't drink beer.
(d) Makes her wait in the car.

4. What is the name of the region where Rachel lives?
(a) Catskills.
(b) Appalachia.
(c) Panhandle.
(d) Ohio Valley.

5. Why would Rachel's mother approve of Fred?
(a) He is handsome.
(b) He is ambitious.
(c) He is Catholic.
(d) He is rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is deducted from the coalminers' pay each week?

2. Which U.S. President does Rachel see on TV talking about poverty?

3. Who is Dillon's mother?

4. What form of transportation does Rachel use to travel around and care for the sick?

5. What does Rachel want to become?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rachel conflicted in her feelings even though she has found a rich boy who wants to marry her?

2. What reasons do Dillon and Fiona have for not wanting Rachel to go away to nursing school?

3. How do Carrie and Fiona differ in their opinions about a romantic relationship between Dillon and Rachel?

4. What secret does Rachel keep from Dillon that plays a large part in her decision to live with Arthur Lee?

5. What does Jackie know about what Arthur Lee does to harm the people in the Number Thirteen community?

6. How does Dillon begin to act bolder when Rachel is grieving for her mother?

7. After the war, why does Rachel fight her attraction to Dillon even though he is even more good-looking now?

8. How does Dillon mirror his father's life regarding standing up for the coal miners?

9. Who is Dillon Freeman and why does he idolize his dead father?

10. Who does Rachel marry after Fred abandons her?

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