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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 does Judd say about prayer?
(a) His mother can pray.
(b) His family is past prayer.
(c) He will continue to pray.
(d) Prayer doesn't work.

2. What does Marianne do after Whit tends to Muffin?
(a) She looks for a job near Stump Creek Hill to pay for Muffin's treatments.
(b) She goes back to college.
(c) She runs away again.
(d) She stays to work at Stump Creek Hill shelter.

3. What does Patrick do when Zachary begins sinking in the bog?
(a) He suddenly changes his mind and pulls him out.
(b) He laughs and tells him he's getting what he deserves.
(c) He turns around and walks away.
(d) He watches as Zachary goes under and drowns.

4. Why does Marianne always volunteer to chop onions at the Co-Op?
(a) Because no one else wants to chop them.
(b) To hide her tears.
(c) Chopping helps get rid of her frustrations.
(d) Because she loves to cook.

5. What does Marianne decide after Judd tells her that their father is asking for her and only her?
(a) That she would believe him.
(b) That he was making it up to make her feel better.
(c) That Judd was jealous.
(d) That her father was probably also asking for her brothers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Marianne's last thoughts as she leaves Abelove's office?

2. What does Abelove say about Marianne's relationship with the Co-Op?

3. What has been happening to Marianne since her father's death?

4. What happens to Marianne when she cries while shoveling snow?

5. After the farm sells, where do Michael, Corrine, and Judd move?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can be said about Michael Sr.'s life after he leaves Corrine?

2. What does Dr. Whittaker West do for Marianne that makes her very grateful?

3. What is it that Marianne fears about people making too much of her, worrying about her, or touching her?

4. Why does Marianne run away from the Green Isle Co-Op without a word to anyone?

5. How does Judd explain to Patrick about their mother's behavior on Sunday mornings?

6. What does Marianne think will happen when she goes to her Grandmother Hauseman's funeral?

7. Why, if Abelove loves Marianne, doesn't he search harder for her after she leaves?

8. Why, after Marianne admits she is in love with Abelove, doesn't she want to accept his proposal?

9. How does Patrick explain to Judd the reason he doesn't want to see their parents?

10. At what kind of place in her life is Corrine as she plans for the Fourth of July celebration in 1993?

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