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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. Why does Ann have Loomis move into the house?
(a) So he would feel good towards her.
(b) So he could help with the household chores.
(c) She leaves him in his tent.
(d) To care for him more easily.

2. What does Ann decide she will do after cooking breakfast?
(a) Go to the store.
(b) Practice the piano.
(c) Go fishing.
(d) Write in her journal.

3. How does Ann know what she states in the opening sentence?
(a) The dog herds the cows home who kick at Ann.
(b) Someone has been shooting a rifle.
(c) They heard the news on the radio.
(d) She sees smoke.

4. How does Ann feel about the man being there as she gets ready to sleep that night?
(a) Angry.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Terrified.
(d) Fearful but companionable.

5. Where has Ann been on the morning of the opening of the book?
(a) The doctor's office.
(b) Church.
(c) School.
(d) In the hayloft.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ann decide to hide from a visitor?

2. Why doesn't Loomis go with Ann?

3. Why does Ann decide to keep the man in sight for the first two or more?

4. What would Ann like to have in a church if she ever got married?

5. What does Ann think about in a flashback to right after the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the approaching stranger do when he gets halfway across the flat part of the hill overlooking the green valley of Ann's home?

2. What happens that convinces Ann that the man knows nothing about farm life and what is her response?

3. How does Ann get the tractor running and what planting decision does she make?

4. What does Ann daydream about as she is picking salad greens?

5. What does Ann hear Loomis saying in his dreams and what does Ann think about what she hears?

6. How does Mr. Loomis seem later that evening, and what does Ann give him?

7. What does the man do with his Geiger counter and then what terrible error does he make?

8. What does Ann worry about when she discovers that Faro has returned?

9. Who is the stranger and what was his job before the war?

10. Why does Ann bring Loomis into her home?

(see the answer keys)

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