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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Romey's response to Mrs. Connell's description of her childhood?
(a) He begins to cry.
(b) He wishes they were in her situation.
(c) He feels sorry for her.
(d) He says he would have run away if he were her.

3. Why does Mary Call decide to help Kiser Pease?
(a) Because she feels bad.
(b) Because she is afraid.
(c) Because he once helped her father.
(d) Because she thinks she can make him do something.

4. What does Mary Call get out of helping Kiser?
(a) His love.
(b) His friendship.
(c) A paper saying the land is theirs free and clear.
(d) His respect.

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

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

7. What are the conditions outside when Roy Luther is taken up to the mountain to be buried?
(a) Sunset.
(b) It is dark and foggy.
(c) Sunny and warm.
(d) Cold and rainy.

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

9. Who notices that Roy Luther is not in the house when the children are gone?
(a) Mr. Connell.
(b) Mrs. Connell.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Kiser Pease.

10. Who at the store looks down on the Luthers and does not like them?
(a) Mr. Connell.
(b) The stock boy.
(c) A young worker.
(d) Mrs. Connell.

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

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

13. What is the name of Cosby Luther's book that Mary Call goes to find in Chapter 3?
(a) A Guide to Wildcrafting.
(b) Wildcrafting: A Guide.
(c) Wildcrafting.
(d) Cosby Luther's Guide to Wildcrafting.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Call tell Roy Luther in Chapter 5 before he dies?

2. Who is excited about the Luther's wildcrafting?

3. Who takes Roy Luther up to the grave?

4. Who tells Mary Call that he knows how to drive?

5. Who has a witch's keyhole in his chimney?

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