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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Kathleen's maiden name?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Cobbler.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Black.

2. Where does the narrator describe seeing a clock "that had the likeness of a great oak tree wrought in iron and brass around its dial" in Chapter 1?
(a) Central China.
(b) Eastern Bohemia.
(c) Northern Ireland.
(d) Western Georgia.

3. As Howard stands outside of his house, watching his children in the window in Chapter 2, he thinks, "I will pay my debts with" what?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Honey.
(c) Coal.
(d) Fire.

4. How old is Ray Morrell when George runs away to his father's property in Chapter 2?
(a) 8.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

5. What author did the hermit whose tooth Howard pulls attend college with, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Walt Whitman.

6. How far is the walk from George's house to the doctor's house in Chapter 2?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 1 mile.

7. What type of vehicle does Howard drive for a living seventy years before George's death?
(a) A school bus.
(b) A limousine.
(c) A taxi.
(d) A wagon.

8. What does George put the wrapped dead mouse inside of in Chapter 2?
(a) A cookie jar.
(b) A jewelry box.
(c) A matchbox.
(d) A shoebox.

9. What three states does the narrator say George's grandchildren are visiting from in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Kansas, Georgia, and Washington.
(b) Arkansas, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
(c) Oregon, California, and Colorado.
(d) Mississippi, Ohio, and Indiana.

10. What does George's collapsing house symbolize in the novel?
(a) The government.
(b) The disintegration of George's family.
(c) George's wife.
(d) George's body.

11. On what day of the week does George run away from home in Chapter 2?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

12. Who are the neighbors that Howard goes to in order to borrow a horse to look for George after he's run away in Chapter 2?
(a) The Newcastles.
(b) The Levansellers.
(c) The Montgomery's.
(d) The Wilsons.

13. Of Kathleen's strict demeanor, the narrator says in Chapter 2, "She could not live with herself if she allowed herself to believe that she treated her own this way because she felt no more connected to them than she would to" what?
(a) A collection of stones.
(b) A Christmas goose.
(c) A pet dog.
(d) A pile of dirt.

14. Where is George's workshop located?
(a) In the backyard.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In town.
(d) In the basement.

15. When is the autograph dated in the novel that Howard receives as a gift from the hermit in Chapter 1?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does Howard suffer from?

2. What month is it when Howard leaves his family in Chapter 2?

3. The hermit whose tooth Howard pulls is described in Chapter 1 as living in the woods by what river?

4. Why is Howard paid to shoot a dog, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

5. The drowned child that Howard fishes from a creek is the daughter of what widow?

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