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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many land purchases were made in 1939, the year after Ginny's grandmother died, helping to make the farm even larger?
(a) 1
(b)
(c) 2
(d) 3

2. What was the name of the home kit model that John Cook and his new wife Edith bought years after the grandparents drained their land?
(a) Ericson
(b) Brown
(c) Chelsea
(d) Proper

3. Jess asks Ginny who Larry's favorite was of all of his girls as they are talking to each other. Who is the favorite?
(a) Ginny
(b) Caroline
(c) Rose
(d) None of them

4. Rose thinks that Larry is perfecting his _______________ as he will continue to do during his retirement.
(a) Quiet march to silence
(b) Poker face
(c) Death's head start
(d) Death's fercent gaze

5. Which doctor appointment does Ginny drive Rose to on a Thursday as Rose cannot go by herself?
(a) Heart
(b) Oncologist
(c) Dentist
(d) Eye

6. What does Jess ask Ginny to do when he surprises her by showing up at her house?
(a) Give him a book
(b) Go for a walk
(c) Make him breakfast
(d) Sleep with him

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

8. What is the task Ginny is trying to accomplish, one that takes her until noon that morning?
(a) Polishing the wood
(b) Dusting
(c) Cleaning carpets
(d) Washing dishes

9. Jess mentions he has 13 years of experience in ___________ farming as well as a shallow understanding of Buddhism.
(a) Organic
(b) Corn
(c) Pig
(d) Chicken

10. Jess gushes about a nearby organic farm that seeing its 20 varieties of non-hybrid __________ is like meeting the Buddha.
(a) Potatoes
(b) Apples
(c) Lettuce
(d) Tomatoes

11. Who does Ginny suddenly find to be quite charming, even though she hadn't thought this before?
(a) Jess
(b) Loren
(c) Harold
(d) Larry

12. Thinking that runners like __________, Ginny decides to wait in her tomato garden for Jess to come by again.
(a) Sunshine
(b) Fresh air
(c) Vegetables
(d) Regularity

13. Who upends the Monopoly game in Pete's lap when she hears the news of the unknown wedding?
(a) Jess
(b) Rose
(c) Caroline
(d) Ginny

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

15. Ginny's mother had not been afraid of _________, but afraid of the life her daughters would lead after that happened.
(a) Dying
(b) Larry's abuse
(c) Poverty
(d) Farm life

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rose exclaim she wants to eat when she is out on her fancy dinner of celebration?

2. Marv was worried about Larry and the line of credit that Larry had extended to __________.

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

4. Ginny takes her nieces, Pammy and Linda, to the __________ swimming pool on a hot and windy Friday in June.

5. Who is the narrator of the story who begins the story by describing the setting where they grew up?

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