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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ginny thinks back to when her house used to be owned by the ___________.
(a) Cooks
(b) Chelseas
(c) Smiths
(d) Ericsons

2. Rose didn't bother sneaking out of the house when she was young; she exited at her leisure via the _____________.
(a) Back door
(b) Front door
(c) Cellar door
(d) Front window

3. How old is the narrator when the story opens and the description of the farm is being shared with the reader?
(a) 8
(b) 14
(c) 9
(d) 20

4. What kind of plants seem to be fine, even though Ginny and Ty's relationship seems broken?
(a) Pumpkin
(b) Corn
(c) Green bean
(d) Tomato

5. Pammy and Linda decide to play with each other in another part of ________ house as the parents are playing a game.
(a) Rose's
(b) Ginny's
(c) Larry's
(d) Harold's

6. _____________ does not wear the customary goggles and accidentally sprays himself with anhydrous ammonia.
(a) Harold
(b) Jess
(c) Loren
(d) Larry

7. What are Pammy and Linda peering at as they begin to walk toward the house in the tableau of hope that Ginny envisions?
(a) Ditch
(b) Money
(c) Bird
(d) Carrot

8. It was easier to raise Caroline, Ginny admits, because she was an ____________ child.
(a) Inquisitive
(b) Obedient
(c) Annoying
(d) Intelligent

9. Larry is whining to everyone at the picnic instead of waiting for people to talk to him, mostly about the conditions at the _________.
(a) Ericson home
(b) Funny farm
(c) Farm
(d) Nursing home

10. Spurning dry clothes, Larry had insisted that his ________ and banker be summoned in the storm.
(a) Caroline
(b) Wife
(c) Lawyer
(d) Daughters

11. What was revealed under the marshland that once stood in the farm area that Larry now owns?
(a) Natural crops
(b) Fertile soil
(c) Clay
(d) A river

12. The women from the ___________ had taken everything away from the home of Ginny and Rose after their mother had died.
(a) Lutheran church
(b) Convent
(c) Next door farm
(d) Farm supply store

13. Ginny allows herself to feel a little _________ by the rigidity of Larry's eating schedule during the breakfast time.
(a) Excited
(b) Pleased
(c) Annoyed
(d) Mischevious

14. __________ says it's too much to walk a block and a half on an 87 degree day and that Ginny should wait in the car.
(a) Rose
(b) Larry
(c) Loren
(d) Jess

15. What does Rose exclaim she wants to eat when she is out on her fancy dinner of celebration?
(a) Potatoes
(b) Chocolate
(c) Meat
(d) Bread

Short Answer Questions

1. The ____________ after their mother had died, Larry made the daughters take separate bedrooms.

2. What does Jess show up with since Harold's freezer breaks down and this thing needs to stay cool?

3. When Ginny serves her father his breakfast in the morning, she withholds all ____________ for him and for his condition.

4. Jess is thrilled about the idea of a farm, but admits he has difficulty _____________ so he might not want the farm.

5. Jess mentions he has 13 years of experience in ___________ farming as well as a shallow understanding of Buddhism.

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