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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. How does Abbie respond to John's dream?
(a) She encourages John.
(b) She tells John to put his dreams on hold.
(c) She puts John down.
(d) She laughs at John.

2. In Chapter 23, how long has it been since Abbie went to Iowa?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Thirty years.
(d) Fourty years.

3. Which of Abbie's children want her to live with them?
(a) None of them.
(b) Mack.
(c) John.
(d) Grace.

4. Where does Mack go when his is seventeen?
(a) Des Moines.
(b) Omaha.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Lincoln.

5. Which of Abbie's children gets engaged in Chapter 20?
(a) Margaret.
(b) John.
(c) Isabelle.
(d) Mack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of school does Margaret's son attend?

2. How old is Abbie in Chapter 27?

3. Where does John go in Chapter 24?

4. In Chapter 18, how long has it been since Abbie last went to Iowa?

5. Who welcomes a child in Chapter 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What money does Grandma Deal use to buy Isabelle a piano? What does she plan to do with the remainder of the money?

2. How does Christine help Abbie in Chapter 20?

3. What happens when Will tells Abbie about a local teacher offering art lessons?

4. What begins in Chapter 24 and how does it affect the Deal family?

5. Why do the Deal children miss school in Chapter 17? What does Abbie have them do?

6. What does Will assure Abbie of when they talk about death? Where does Will die?

7. Why does John return to Cedartown? Who does he bring with him?

8. What does Oscar Lutz say about Will in Chapter 25

9. What does Abbie decide to do since everyone else is pursuing their dreams?

10. What does a man bring to dinner in Chapter 16? What does this remind Abbie of?

(see the answer keys)

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