View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does Mary Call use in Chapter 8 about where her father is?
(a) She says he is at a doctor's appointment.
(b) She says she has sent him up to the mountain to dig roots.
(c) She says he is sleeping again.
(d) She says he with the Connells.

2. What is most upsetting about the damage to the house after the snow?
(a) Just the cow was killed.
(b) Their mother's rocking chair is ruined.
(c) The animals were killed.
(d) Their food is gone.

3. Who is sent to crash the alone time between Kiser and Devola?
(a) Romey.
(b) Ima Dean.
(c) Mary Call.
(d) Roy Luther.

4. How old is Kiser Pease?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 40.
(d) 30.

5. When Kiser marries Devola, he now knows what?
(a) That Roy Luther is dead.
(b) That he loves Devola.
(c) That Mary Call hates him.
(d) That he will never be part of the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary Call consider taking her family to live?

2. What does the blizzard do to the Luther's food?

3. Who is sharing a room with a cow?

4. How is Romey hurt in Chapter 12?

5. Who continues to talk about visiting the Luther house and attempts to in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Luthers prepare for winter?

2. How does the blizzard take its toll on the Luthers?

3. Compare and contrast the characters of Goldie Pease and Kiser Pease.

4. Explain why Mary Call is worried when Kiser takes Devola off to get her license.

5. Why does Mary Call get upset with Romey in Chapter 12? Be sure to note how pride factors into this.

6. Describe the continued feud between Mrs. Connell and Romey.

7. How does Devola remind Mary Call of Cosby Luther in this chapter, and how does she respond to it?

8. How does everyone react to the roof issue?

9. What are Mary Call's plans for the cave?

10. Describe how Mrs. Connell is scared away from the Luther house.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 896 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample