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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is giving the lecture that Thatcher attends in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Professor Bowman.
(b) Professor Wilson.
(c) Professor James.
(d) Professor Petrofaccio.

2. Where is Thatcher traveling by train within the week to join an expedition to the western territories in Chapter 18?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Cleveland.

3. Whose reaction to Darwin's theories does Cutler present from the Quarterly Review in the debate in Chapter 12?
(a) Henry David Thoreau's.
(b) Peter Petrofaccio's.
(c) Joseph Priestly's.
(d) Samuel Wilbeforce's.

4. What is Sondra's profession?
(a) She is an educational administrator.
(b) She is in-home care nurse.
(c) She is a day trader.
(d) She is a schoolteacher.

5. What servant in Thatcher's home has given her notice in Chapter 16?
(a) Mrs. Cutler.
(b) Mrs. Priestley.
(c) Mrs. Brindle.
(d) Mrs. Cooke.

6. What mosquito-borne disease is described as appearing in Ohio and Pennsylvania in the radio news that Willa observes in Chapter 13?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Lyme disease.
(c) Zika.
(d) Yellow fever.

7. Who did Tig say "had perfected all the kinds of fun that didn't cost anything" (428)?
(a) "Cubans."
(b) "The French."
(c) "Italians."
(d) "Mexicans."

8. What does "SIDS" refer to in the narrative?
(a) Synaptic Identity Deterioration Syndrome.
(b) Severe Internal Detachment Syndrome.
(c) Sudden Internal Death Syndrom.
(d) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

9. What real-life figure is being referenced with the following line from Chapter 13? "He said he could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and people would still vote for him" (345).
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Michael Bloomberg.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Howard Stern.

10. What nickname does the author use in references to Donald Trump in the novel?
(a) The Billionaire.
(b) The Supreme Leader.
(c) The Cheeto.
(d) The Bullhorn.

11. How is Captain Landis's wife widely described as being, according to the narrator in Chapter 12?
(a) Hostile.
(b) Domineering.
(c) Fragile.
(d) Assertive.

12. Who is Leverett Dunwiddie's father?
(a) Orville.
(b) Thatcher.
(c) James.
(d) Uri.

13. In what industry did the Dunwiddie family earn its fortune?
(a) Logging.
(b) Glass manufacture.
(c) Coal manufacture.
(d) Iron manufacture.

14. On what day of the week is Dusty's birthday party held in Chapter 17?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

15. Where was Carruth when he was shot?
(a) At his home.
(b) The newspaper office.
(c) At Plum Hall.
(d) At the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the caretaker who comes to tend to Nick three times a week?

2. Who is Carruth's printer?

3. How many children does Uri Carruth have?

4. What state's presidential primary election is the focus of the news broadcasts in Chapter 13?

5. What does "Lex loci" translate to in English, as shown in Chapter 10 (258)?

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