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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. Willa notes in Chapter 11, "Beautiful people liked to claim looks didn't matter, while throwing that currency around like" what (294)?
(a) "Novice bank robbers."
(b) "Lovers and pawns."
(c) "Crooked investment bankers."
(d) "Paper confetti."

2. In the opening of Chapter 16, the narrator states, "Once, for nearly a fortnight, Thatcher slept" where (417)?
(a) "In his car."
(b) "In an attic."
(c) "In a tree."
(d) "In a ditch."

3. Who has driven Mary and Thatcher to the Pine Barrens in Chapter 18?
(a) Mr. Nailburne.
(b) Mr. Petrofaccio.
(c) Mr. Brindle.
(d) Mr. Foggett.

4. What does Captain Landis's lawyer intend to present as his defense in Chapter 16?
(a) Temporary insanity.
(b) Full guilt.
(c) Justified need.
(d) Self defense.

5. To whom does Willa give the Navajo rug in Chapter 17?
(a) Louise Dunwiddie.
(b) Zeke.
(c) Pete Petrofaccio.
(d) Christopher Hawk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote My Antonia?

2. Whose family is described in Chapter 11 as "a big, loyal household of parentless siblings holding it all together" (290)?

3. How long has it been since Nick's death in the opening of Chapter 15?

4. In the conclusion of Chapter 16, the author references the title of the novel in stating, "Without shelter, we stand in" what (426)?

5. Where does Willis say Carruth was shot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Nick insist he wants to go the following day in Chapter 13? Why?

2. What is being celebrated in Chapter 17? How is the celebration described?

3. Why is Rose opposed to Thatcher testifying in court in Chapter 16?

4. How does Thatcher's memory of sleeping in a tree relate to his current circumstances in Chapter 16?

5. Where are Thatcher and Mary in Chapter 18? How is the setting described?

6. What were the circumstances surrounding Tig's return from Cuba?

7. Where has Tig decided to move in Chapter 15? Why?

8. What are Willa's future plans at the end of her narrative in Chapter 17?

9. How does the debate conclude in Chapter 12?

10. What are Thatcher's future plans in Chapter 18?

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