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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets caught in the rain and takes shelter on Kiser's porch?
(a) Ima Dean and Devola.
(b) Romey and Devola.
(c) Romey and Mary.
(d) Devola and Mary.

2. What is the name of Mary Call's mother?
(a) Devola Luther.
(b) Cosby Luther.
(c) Goldie.
(d) Ima Dean Luther.

3. After Roy Luther gets sick, what happens to his body?
(a) He can no longer walk.
(b) He loses his hair.
(c) He can no longer speak.
(d) He must be fed by one of his children.

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

5. Romey says what about the burial on the way back home?
(a) The burial made him angry.
(b) It was not ever going to be good enough.
(c) That he thinks it was decent.
(d) Mary Call made the wrong choice.

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

7. What idea do the children come up with after their father's death to keep people away?
(a) To live in the woods.
(b) To tell them their father is sleeping.
(c) To run away.
(d) To put up a sign that says "Mad Dog" or "Small Pox."

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

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

10. Where do they find Kiser Pease in Chapter 2?
(a) Sitting in his chair unresponsive.
(b) Lying on the floor of the kitchen.
(c) Passed out in bed.
(d) Passed out on the davenport.

11. What happens when Romey tries to teach Mary Call how to drive?
(a) She backs into their fence.
(b) She does excellent.
(c) Devola starts to cry.
(d) They get into a huge fight.

12. What does Mary Call Luther's family do for a living?
(a) Servants.
(b) Sharecroppers.
(c) Own a store.
(d) Run a bed and breakfast.

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

14. Where does Mary Call find Cosby Luther's book?
(a) At Kiser Pease's house.
(b) In Roy Luther's room.
(c) In Ima Dean's room.
(d) Outside on the mountain.

15. Why does Roy Luther refuse to see a doctor?
(a) Because no doctors live close by.
(b) They made him sick once.
(c) Because one killed his mother.
(d) Because he is tired of doctor visits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Roy Luther up to the grave?

2. Who died years before the novel begins?

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

4. Who asks Mary Call to get razors at the store?

5. What does having a witch's keyhole mean, according to the novel?

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