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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. What two trees did Rose's father plant in honor of his daughters on their lawn?
(a) A willow tree and an ash tree.
(b) A birch tree and an apple tree.
(c) An almond tree and an apple tree.
(d) A beech tree and an oak tree.

2. Who is the maid that helps Rose and Polly attain their mystery novels?
(a) Anna.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mrs. Brindle.
(d) Gracie.

3. What author wrote about wax myrtle, having made a tallow as an experiment, according to Mary in Chapter 8?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Henry David Thoreau.
(d) Alfred Lord Tennyson.

4. What color is Gwen's hair described as in Chapter 9?
(a) Magenta.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Fuchsia.

5. Who is Thatcher's employer at the school with whom he has just met in Chapter 4?
(a) Mrs. Brindle.
(b) Mr. Petrofaccio.
(c) Mr. Cutler.
(d) Mr. Nailburne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the editor of the rival newspaper to Captain Landis's?

2. What literary device is found in the following sentence from Chapter 8? "The boots' brown tongues lolled, a pair of panting dogs" (183).

3. When she was in eighth grade, Willa argued with her teacher that Cat Stevens was the modern-day equivalent of what poet?

4. What is Willa's profession?

5. Whose barouche ran away and crashed, according to Polly in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Polly feel disappointed about her observations of the President in Chapter 6?

2. Why is Mary upset when Thatcher comes to pay a visit in Chapter 6?

3. How did Willa obtain the house her family has moved into? How is the house described?

4. What is the significance of the names in Iano's family (his sisters and children in particular)?

5. Why does Willa go to the Historical Society in Chapter 7?

6. How is Gwendolyn described? What are Willa's first impressions of her?

7. What is Mary Treat doing when Thatcher comes to her home in Chapter 4? Why?

8. How are Rose and Polly similar? How are they different?

9. How would you describe Willa's relationship with Iano in the beginning of the novel?

10. What are the circumstances surrounding Zeke in the opening of the novel?

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