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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 Kennedy.
(b) President Garfield.
(c) President Johnson.
(d) President Roosevelt.

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

3. What was Dillon's father's job before he died?
(a) A labor organizer.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A mechanic.
(d) A construction worker.

4. Who does Rachel begin to date after her relationship with Fred ends?
(a) Jack.
(b) Tony.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Johnnie.

5. Jackie thinks the young man in #77 looks like ____________________.
(a) Paul McCartney.
(b) Peter Noone.
(c) John Lennon.
(d) Mick Jagger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rachel's boyfriend's family is from which Southern city?

3. What event does Rachel's mother always listen to on the radio?

4. What is the river that runs through the region where the story takes place?

5. Why does Tony not come to help Rachel when her transportation breaks down in the mountains?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rachel stay in her unhappy marriage with Tony?

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

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

4. Why does Dillon feel compelled to lead the strike in spite of the trouble between him and Rachel?

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

6. How does Dillon's prison sentence negatively impact his relationship with Rachel?

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

8. Who is the father of Rachel's baby and why does she refrain from making her love for Dillon public?

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

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

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