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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. How much of Danny's land does Ethan sell to Baker?
(a) 48%
(b) 51%
(c) 50%
(d) 49%

2. What does Mary do when she hears that Ethan owns the store?
(a) Jumps up and down.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Cries.
(d) Faints.

3. Whose light does Ethan think has gone out at the end of the book?
(a) His own.
(b) Mary's.
(c) Allen's.
(d) Margie's.

4. What was Ethan a monument of to Marullo?
(a) Success.
(b) America.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Decency.

5. Who is the only person who Ethan thinks might know what he has started?
(a) Baker.
(b) Margie.
(c) Marullo.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Ethan talk to when he is in bed after celebrating Allen's prize?

2. How long did one of Ethan's fellow soldiers give himself every day to think about his family?

3. How does Joey say he feels on July 1st?

4. How does Margie get money without having a job?

5. What interrupts Allen's rock music?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Margie offer to do for Ethan and Mary on the day Ethan learns he now owns the store?

2. What does Ethan plan to do in his special place at the end of the book, and why?

3. What does Marullo tell Ethan when he offers to let Ethan take some time off?

4. Why does Ethan say he does not want to run for the town manager's office?

5. What does Ethan do when Biggers comes into the store for the first time after Ethan owns it?

6. What did Marullo do and say when he was deported and why?

7. What big event does Ethan plan to do on July 1st and why?

8. What does Joey say that shows Ethan his bank robbery might have failed?

9. What place did Allen take in the essay contest, and why is Ethan so surprised by this?

10. How does Mary respond when she hears that Ethan now owns the store?

(see the answer keys)

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