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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 is the name of Rachel's mule?
(a) Mag.
(b) Bessie.
(c) Sally.
(d) Bluebell.

2. Who is Dillon's mother?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Cathy.
(c) Cammie.
(d) Carla.

3. What is Tony's job?
(a) Bookkeeper.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Store manager.

4. Where had Fred told Rachel he was going to go to marry her?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Florida.

5. Who is shot in the head and will live brain damaged for the rest of her/his life?
(a) Dillon.
(b) Brenda.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Arthur Lee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dillon go to join the army?

2. Where do Dillon and Rachel make love for the first time?

3. In what city is Dillon serving time in a federal penitentiary?

4. People on Trace Mountain make their livings tending apple orchards and __________________.

5. What does Rachel name her baby?

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. Who is Rachel Honaker and what are her feelings for Dillon?

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

4. What possibilities does Arthur Lee consider doing when Rachel tells him that she loves Dillon?

5. What makes Rachel ultimately surrender to her love for Dillon?

6. How is Jackie like her mother in that she falls in love with a man she cannot have?

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

8. Who is Fred and how does he disappoint Rachel?

9. What is Appalachia and what does Rachel surprisingly udiscover about it?

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

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