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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. Where is the architecture specialist from that Chris has arranged to assess Willa's home in Chapter 15?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) New York.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

3. What is the first principle that Thatcher presents in his debate with Cutler in Chapter 12?
(a) "Survival is not haphazard" (323).
(b) "Death stalks us all!" (321).
(c) "Individuals within a population are variable" (320).
(d) "Traits in their variation are inherited" (320).

4. 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) Cleveland.
(d) Boston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day of the week do Iano and Willa go to the Pine Barrens in the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. Who is Leverett Dunwiddie's father?

3. Who is giving the lecture that Thatcher attends in the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

5. Who has driven Mary and Thatcher to the Pine Barrens in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Carruth's home described in Chapter 14? Why does Thatcher go there?

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

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

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

5. How does the debate conclude in Chapter 12?

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

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

8. What important information does Thatcher learn from Carruth in Chapter 10?

9. Why does Tig's behavior surprise Willa in Chapter 13?

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

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