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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sister Bessie?
(a) Jeeter's aunt.
(b) Pearl's teacher.
(c) A traveling nun.
(d) The Lesters' neighbor.

2. Where does Sister Bessie marry her new husband?
(a) The Lester house.
(b) A meadow.
(c) The Baptist church.
(d) A V.F.W. hall.

3. What has Jeeter been using to fix the car?
(a) Wrench.
(b) Air pump.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Screwdriver.

4. How does Jeeter feel after eating the turnips?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Nauseous.
(c) Too full.
(d) Satisfied.

5. How old is Pearl?
(a) 17.
(b) 8.
(c) 21.
(d) 12.

6. What does Dude try to get from Jeeter?
(a) Car keys.
(b) Moonshine.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Money.

7. What is torturous for Jeeter during Lov's visit?
(a) Lov is drunk.
(b) Lov eats some turnips.
(c) Lov preaches religion.
(d) Lov swears too much.

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

9. Lov is so distracted by the girl in #23 that he forgets _________________.
(a) his hat.
(b) his coat.
(c) his turnips.
(d) his wife.

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

11. What crop was grown on the plantation where Jeeter's ancestors once lived?
(a) Onions.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Peaches.

12. What is Sister Bessie's physical defect?
(a) She has webbed fingers.
(b) She has a club foot.
(c) She is a dwarf.
(d) She has nostrils but no nose.

13. What does Jeeter steal?
(a) Oats.
(b) Lov's turnips.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Gas.

14. Who would Sister Bessie like to marry?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Dude.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Lov.

15. Who are the only two of Jeeter and Ada's children still at home?
(a) Dude and Richie.
(b) Dude and Ellie May.
(c) Ellie May and Sara.
(d) Dude and Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disfigurement does the girl in #23 have?

2. As the novel begins, Lov is walking home from what town?

3. What is the closest town to where Jeeter's family lives?

4. Who is Ada?

5. Where could Jeeter have gotten a job in Augusta?

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