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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 happens after the Luthers play with the car for two days?
(a) It gets a flat.
(b) Kiser Pease takes it back.
(c) It runs out of gas.
(d) It breaks down.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mary Call tell not to listen at the door when Kiser is in with Roy Luther?

2. What does Devola dream about buying with the money from wildcrafting?

3. What does Ima Dean want to buy herself with the money from wildcrafting?

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

5. Where does Mary Call find Cosby Luther's book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Kiser so eager to please the Luthers?

5. Do you think Kiser is evil deep down inside after seeing his reaction to Roy Luther's condition?

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

7. What kind of sickness does Roy Luther likely have that altered the look of his face? What makes you think so?

8. What are the promises that Mary Call makes to her father?

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

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

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