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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. When he is sick, who does Kiser mistake Mary Call for?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His wife.

2. How long does Kiser tell Mary Call they can stay on without charge?
(a) Through the winter.
(b) Through the summer.
(c) One year.
(d) Two weeks.

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

4. What does having a witch's keyhole mean, according to the novel?
(a) You will have good luck.
(b) That you are a worrywart.
(c) That you are superstitious and uneducated.
(d) That you are very smart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Romey wants to give his father a grand funeral like whose?

2. In Chapter 7, Mary Call contemplates what for the first time in the novel?

3. Who mentions that they haven't seen Kiser Pease in a few days and he might be sick?

4. When they get to Roy Luther's grave site, what do Romey and Mary Call discover?

5. How has Mr. Connell treated the Luthers?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways are the Connells opposites of each other?

2. Why does Mary Call decide to help Kiser after they find him ill?

3. How does Mary Call contradict herself when she tells Romey to leave an IOU?

4. What happens when Mary Call tells Kiser in Chapter 3 about the paper he signed?

5. Why do you think Devola is silent when she learns of her father's death?

6. How is Roy Luther's refusal to see a doctor indicative of stereotypes of mountain people?

7. What is revealed in Chapter 4 about what Mary Call plans to do if their father dies? Explain how it is revealed.

8. What does Mrs. Connell tell the children about their father? Do you think Mary Call agrees?

9. Devola is the oldest sister of the Luther family, but in what ways does Mary Call take on that roll?

10. What do Romey and Mary Call realize about their father in burying him?

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