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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. In what field does Iano have a PhD?
(a) Global politics.
(b) Creative writing.
(c) Economics.
(d) Dentistry.
2. What is the name of the cook in the Greenwood household in Chapter 2?
(a) Mrs. Duncan.
(b) Mrs. Cooke.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Brindle.
3. When she was in eighth grade, Willa argued with her teacher that Cat Stevens was the modern-day equivalent of what poet?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Robert Frost.
4. What is Dusty's real name?
(a) Walter.
(b) James.
(c) Thatcher.
(d) Aldus.
5. How long does the narrator say Willa had spent in Boston in Chapter 3?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 month.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose barouche ran away and crashed, according to Polly in Chapter 2?
2. Where did Mr. Nailbourne move after leaving Rose's family's home?
3. What newspaper is said to be "very unfair to Captain Landis" in Chapter 6?
4. How much older than Rose is Thatcher?
5. At what time does Mary tell Mr. Foggett to return and collect them from the Pine Barrens in Chapter 8?
Short Essay Questions
1. When and where is Thatcher's story primarily set? How is this established?
2. What is the significance of the names in Iano's family (his sisters and children in particular)?
3. How would you describe Willa's relationship with Iano in the beginning of the novel?
4. What is Willa's profession and how has it recently changed at the opening of the novel?
5. How would you describe Nick's personality?
6. How do Thatcher and Rose's childhoods and upbringing differ?
7. What is revealed in the conversation between Willa and Iano in the evening after Gwen's visit in Chapter 9?
8. How would you describe the relationship between Tig and Zeke?
9. Why has Gwendolyn come to Willa's home in Chapter 9?
10. What has brought Thatcher and his family to Vineland?
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