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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Lov related to Jeeter?
(a) He is Jeeter's brother.
(b) He is Jeeter's son.
(c) He is Jeeter's uncle.
(d) He is Jeeter's son-in-law.

2. What type of business does the person in #79 run?
(a) Grocery.
(b) Cross tie.
(c) Hardware.
(d) Clothing.

3. What does Sister Bessie tell Jeeter that God wants her to do?
(a) Get married again.
(b) Build a church.
(c) Baptize Jeeter.
(d) Work as a missionary in China.

4. What animal crawled out of Jeeter's father's coffin at the funeral?
(a) Gopher.
(b) Rat.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Raccoon.

5. What is an important theme in the book?
(a) Love.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Sex.

6. What is Ada's fear about dying?
(a) No one will come to her funeral.
(b) Not being baptized.
(c) Having nice clothes to be buried in.
(d) Leaving nothing to her children.

7. What is Ellie May doing when Lov leaves?
(a) Lying naked in the yard.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating supper.

8. What is Lov's problem with Pearl?
(a) She won't cook.
(b) She won't clean.
(c) She won't sleep in his bed.
(d) She won't sew.

9. What is Jeeter working on in order to get his car running?
(a) Exhaust.
(b) Battery.
(c) Starter.
(d) Tire.

10. Which of the Lester children has ambition?
(a) Ellie May.
(b) Dud.
(c) Jed.
(d) Pearl.

11. As the novel begins, Lov is walking home from what town?
(a) Greensboro.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Maysville.
(d) Fuller.

12. Sister Bessie announces that God wants her to marry ____________.
(a) Dude.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Sam.
(d) Jethro.

13. Where does Jeeter take the turnips to eat them?
(a) The woods.
(b) The pantry.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The shed.

14. How many of Jeeter and Ada's children have died?
(a) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

15. To what does Jeeter admit?
(a) He burned a neighbor's barn.
(b) He had extramarital affairs.
(c) He stole his car.
(d) He dropped out of college.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sister Bessie's church?

2. Why did Jeeter always want to take Ellie May to a doctor?

3. Who owns the land on which Jeeter's family lives?

4. What is the only reason the person in #85 will marry Sister Bessie?

5. Who eats most of the turnips?

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