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

2. In what month does Chapter 15 begin?
(a) January.
(b) April.
(c) March.
(d) June.

3. Christopher Hawk earned a double master's in history and what study?
(a) Chemistry.
(b) English literature.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Biology.

4. What has Iano surprised Willa with for her birthday in Chapter 17?
(a) A certified letter from the historical society.
(b) Thai food and a bottle of wine.
(c) A book of Mary's Treat's writings.
(d) A new car.

5. To whom has Willis Chester become engaged in Chapter 14?
(a) Mary.
(b) Selma.
(c) Polly.
(d) Aurelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom has Rose become infatuated, as revealed in Chapter 16?

2. In Chapter 18, the narrator opens, "Of all seasons in the Pine Barrens, summer was" what (455)?

3. Where does Willis say Carruth was shot?

4. What is the second principle that Thatcher presents in his debate with Cutler in Chapter 12?

5. Into whose manor is Mary moving in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of generational differences explored in Chapter 15?

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

3. About what do Jorge and Zeke argue in Chapter 17?

4. What do Tig and Zeke argue about in Chapter 11?

5. Who is Uri Carruth and how does Thatcher come to know him?

6. How have the living/sleeping arrangements in Willa's house changed in Chapter 11? Why?

7. What are the principles Thatcher presents in his opening for the debate in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

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