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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Call tell Roy Luther in Chapter 5 before he dies?
(a) That she is scared.
(b) That the Connells are coming to visit.
(c) That she needs him to stay alive.
(d) That they are all going to be fine so he should not worry.

2. Who stops at the Luther's house at the beginning of the novel for water?
(a) A traveler.
(b) Kiser Pease.
(c) Cosby Luther.
(d) Mr. Connell.

3. Who takes the goldenseal to Mr. Connell in Chapter 5?
(a) Roy Luther.
(b) Devola.
(c) Kiser Pease.
(d) Mary Call, Ima Dean and Romey.

4. Who takes Roy Luther up to the grave?
(a) Mr. Connell.
(b) Just Romey.
(c) Mary Call and Romey.
(d) Kiser Pease.

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

6. Romey says he once stole whose car?
(a) The Connell's.
(b) The principal's.
(c) The neighbor's.
(d) The doctor's.

7. What is the first thing Mary Call does to help Kiser when he is sick?
(a) Make a cold compress.
(b) Fry onions to wrap him in and get out the fever.
(c) Cook him soup.
(d) Take his temperature.

8. Who does Mary Call tell not to listen at the door when Kiser is in with Roy Luther?
(a) Ima Dean.
(b) Devola.
(c) Romey.
(d) Mr. Connell.

9. Who is the oldest sister in the Luther family?
(a) Mary Call.
(b) Goldie.
(c) Ima Dean.
(d) Devola.

10. What do the Luthers use the money from the goldenseal for in Chapter 5?
(a) A book.
(b) A car.
(c) A present for their father.
(d) Supplies and drinks for Romey and Ima Dean.

11. What does Kiser Pease rant about when he is sick and Mary is taking care of him?
(a) Demons.
(b) The Luthers.
(c) God.
(d) Farming.

12. Why is Mary putting off the trip to the store?
(a) Because she is lazy and does not want to go.
(b) Because it is so far away.
(c) She doesn't want to see Mrs. Connell.
(d) Because it is winter.

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

14. What do the Luthers discover about wildcrafting?
(a) They are really bad at it.
(b) It is easier than they thought.
(c) It is harder than they thought.
(d) They are really good at it.

15. Who plans to visit Roy Luther in Chapter 5?
(a) Both Mr. and Mrs. Connell.
(b) Mrs. Connell.
(c) Mr. Connell.
(d) The stock boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets caught in the rain and takes shelter on Kiser's porch?

2. What is one thing that is dangerous about the mountains during wildcrafting?

3. Who does Kiser Pease suggest the Luther family get help from?

4. Where do they find Kiser Pease in Chapter 2?

5. After Roy Luther gets sick, what happens to his body?

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