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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. Where do Rachel and Tommie work as army nurses?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Paris.
(c) The Phillippines.
(d) London.

2. Rachel and Jackie's new house is near which mine?
(a) Number Thirteen.
(b) Number Three.
(c) Number One.
(d) Number Seventeen.

3. How is Dillon related to Rachel?
(a) They are second cousins.
(b) They are siblings.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are not related.

4. What is the river that runs through the region where the story takes place?
(a) Mississippi River.
(b) Kentucky River.
(c) Blackberry River.
(d) Ohio River.

5. Who is Rachel's roommate at nursing school?
(a) Francie.
(b) Tommie.
(c) Jennie.
(d) Sallie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rachel marry?

2. What game does Dillon play with Jackie?

3. What is Tony's job?

4. What is the name of the coal camp where Carrie stays with Flora?

5. About what topic does Dillon obsess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Rachel's mother not want Rachel to marry Dillon?

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

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

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

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