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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who mentions that they haven't seen Kiser Pease in a few days and he might be sick?
(a) Mary Call.
(b) Devola.
(c) Roy Luther.
(d) Romey.

2. What is Mary Call's opinion about Roy Luther and wildcrafting?
(a) She thinks he wasn't good at it.
(b) She tells the children he refused to do it.
(c) She doesn't know what to think.
(d) She secretly thinks he was too proud to do it.

3. What kind of animal appears during Roy Luther's burial?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A songbird.
(c) A raven.
(d) Bees.

4. What happens when Mary Call wraps Kiser in the onions?
(a) He begins to sweat.
(b) He begins to cry.
(c) He gets sad.
(d) He has a heart attack.

5. What are the "wild gold"?
(a) Smoky Mountain flowers.
(b) Flowers on the mountain.
(c) Plants of the Appalachians.
(d) Cascade Mountain plants.

6. When Kiser comes out after speaking to Roy Luther, what is his attitude?
(a) Happy.
(b) Irritated.
(c) Sympathetic.
(d) Angry.

7. Who is the owner of the general store?
(a) Mrs. Connell.
(b) Kiser Pease.
(c) Cosby Luther.
(d) Mr. Connell.

8. Who died years before the novel begins?
(a) Devola Luther.
(b) Kiser Pease.
(c) Mary Call's mother.
(d) Kiser Pease's mother.

9. In Chapter 7, Mary Call contemplates what for the first time in the novel?
(a) Marrying Kiser Pease.
(b) Leaving her siblings to the county and leaving.
(c) Telling someone her father is dead.
(d) Selling the house.

10. What do they say to their father's body before they leave?
(a) They tell him the kids are there.
(b) They tell him not to worry about them.
(c) They say he should not have been so proud.
(d) They say he was always light-hearted.

11. Who does Kiser Pease suggest the Luther family get help from?
(a) The county.
(b) The state.
(c) His sister.
(d) Mr. Connell.

12. Who loses their temper in Chapter 7 when things go wrong?
(a) Mary Call.
(b) Kiser Pease.
(c) Ima Dean.
(d) Devola.

13. When they get to Roy Luther's grave site, what do Romey and Mary Call discover?
(a) Nothing is prepared.
(b) That animals have torn up the site.
(c) They are in the wrong spot.
(d) That Roy had prepared long ago before he was sick for his death.

14. What happens when Romey becomes upset in Chapter 6?
(a) He tells Mary Call he hates her.
(b) He tells Mary Call how much he loves her as his big sister.
(c) He says that he hated their father.
(d) Romey is quiet and doesn't talk.

15. What does Ima Dean want to buy herself with the money from wildcrafting?
(a) A car.
(b) A book.
(c) Yellow shoes.
(d) A present for their father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary Call find Cosby Luther's book?

2. What does Kiser Pease rant about when he is sick and Mary is taking care of him?

3. What happens before Romey and Mary Call bury Roy Luther and pray?

4. What is the name of Cosby Luther's book that Mary Call goes to find in Chapter 3?

5. When he is sick, who does Kiser mistake Mary Call for?

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