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

2. What does Mary Call lie about during their visit to the store in Chapter 4?
(a) What they need at home.
(b) Romey's age.
(c) Her father's health.
(d) How much money they have.

3. Who is the Luther family's neighbor?
(a) The Connells.
(b) Roy.
(c) Kiser Pease.
(d) Goldie Pease.

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

5. In Chapter One, how old is Mary Call Luther?
(a) 14.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "wild gold"?

2. The Luthers mistake goldenseal for what?

3. Who takes Roy Luther up to the grave?

4. What idea do the children come up with after their father's death to keep people away?

5. Why does Mary Call decide to help Kiser Pease?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Kiser is obviously wealthy and Mary knows that, what about him is she not willing to acknowledge?

2. Why does Mary Call chastise Romey in Chapter 4?

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

4. Why does Mary Call feel angry during Kiser's visit?

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

6. Why does Ima Dean throw out the candy Mrs. Connell gave them?

7. One of Mary Call's promises to her father has to do with charity. How is Mary Call similar to her father in this view?

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

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

10. What leads up to Mary Call's breakdown with the children in Chapter 7?

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