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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What song did August hear coming from the truck?
(a) Daydream Believer.
(b) Be Happy.
(c) California Dreamin'.
(d) Barbie Girl.

2. What did the women write next to their names to indicate they did not want to attend the meeting?
(a) A.
(b) N.
(c) X.
(d) O.

3. Who is Miep?
(a) Salome's daughter.
(b) Ona's daughter.
(c) Greta's mother.
(d) August's mother.

4. Who makes a lot of noise in their sleep?
(a) August.
(b) Nettie.
(c) Salome.
(d) Ona.

5. Who lives in the main houses?
(a) Single men.
(b) Bishops.
(c) Children.
(d) Families.

6. What is narfa?
(a) A sleep disorder.
(b) Nervousness.
(c) Coughing.
(d) A side effect of belladonna poisoning.

7. Who is the eldest Friesen woman?
(a) Ona.
(b) Melvin.
(c) Salome.
(d) Agata.

8. Who was driving the truck playing music?
(a) Klaas.
(b) The Koop brothers.
(c) Peters.
(d) A census-taker.

9. What did August tell Peters he would do?
(a) Write stories about the colony.
(b) Share his knowledge of the outside world.
(c) Get baptized.
(d) Teach the women English.

10. What kind of reputation does Salome have?
(a) She is gentle.
(b) She is a fighter.
(c) She is a natural follower.
(d) She is understated.

11. Who was the first to catch an attacker?
(a) Ona.
(b) Salome.
(c) Leisl.
(d) Nettie.

12. What image represented "do nothing"?
(a) A buggy wheel.
(b) A stick in the mud.
(c) A horse.
(d) An empty horizon.

13. How is Salome related to Ona?
(a) Salome is Ona's mother.
(b) Salome is Ona's daughter.
(c) Salome and Ona are sisters.
(d) Salome is Ona's aunt.

14. Who attacked the men with a scythe?
(a) Ona.
(b) Greta.
(c) Nettie.
(d) Salome.

15. Where do the women meet for their discussions?
(a) A hayloft.
(b) Ona's living room.
(c) A local business.
(d) A co-op.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Scarface's role in the community?

2. What was the attacker holding when he was seen?

3. Who asks, "But is forgiveness that is coerced true forgiveness?" (26)?

4. Who did Ona refuse to marry?

5. According to Ona, what makes people cruel?

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