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

2. Which family does Lov see on the way home?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Lester.
(c) Miller.
(d) Hunter.

3. Who owns the land on which Jeeter's family lives?
(a) Peter McKenzie.
(b) Will Jackson.
(c) Samuel Hardeson.
(d) Captain Harmon.

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

5. Where does the person in #67 live?
(a) Americus.
(b) Albany.
(c) Augusta.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the owner of the farm land do before he left?

2. Why does Sister Bessie want to travel the country?

3. Who owns the house where Sister Bessie lives?

4. With whom does Jeeter share the turnips?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How many children have Jeeter and Ada had and what does Jeeter know about their lives now?

2. Who is Sister Bessie and what does she pray for when Jeeter returns home?

3. What does Sister Bessie also seem to have an obsession with?

4. Why is Jeeter and Ada's lack of concern about Dude marrying Sister Bessie so strange?

5. Who is Pearl and what are Lov's problems with her?

6. Why is Jeeter in such bad straits financially now?

7. What does Sister Bessie do before she and Dude proceed to the courthouse for a marriage license?

8. What is the irony of Jeeter's situation of living on land his family once owned?

9. What is Lov's problem about choosing between Pearl and Ellie May?

10. What do the physical deformities of the characters seem to mirror?

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