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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "1900-1902," who marries Sheldon Edwards?
(a) Christine.
(b) Amanda.
(c) Jessamine.
(d) Julia.

2. What kills Johnny?
(a) Diptheria.
(b) A weak heart.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Polio.

3. In the chapter titled "1885-1886," how old is Sally?
(a) Twenty-nine.
(b) Twenty-three.
(c) Thirty-eight.
(d) Forty-two.

4. Amid the financial worries in the chapter titled "1895-1896," what is there talk of establishing?
(a) Better drinking water supply.
(b) A public school.
(c) A soup kitchen.
(d) A new hospital.

5. Whose son contracts the disease that breaks out in "1895-1896"?
(a) Julia's.
(b) Sophie's.
(c) Elsa's.
(d) Sally's.

6. Who wants to move to Waynesboro in "1886-1887"?
(a) Jessamine.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Ludwig.
(d) Arianna.

7. What is the outbreak on everyone's mind in the chapter titled "1895-1896"?
(a) Whooping cough.
(b) Diphtheria.
(c) Polio.
(d) Malaria.

8. Who is with Anne when she dies?
(a) Her niece.
(b) Her granddaughter.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her servant.

9. When Jennifer returns from her European war assignment, whom does she decide to marry?
(a) Rodney.
(b) Young Ludwig.
(c) Blair.
(d) Tucker.

10. Who creates an invention for tarring rope?
(a) Gordon Deming.
(b) Ludwig Rausch.
(c) Johnny Gordon.
(d) Stewart Bodien.

11. In the chapter titled "1885-1886," who resigns as president of the club?
(a) Mrs. Gardiner.
(b) Miss Pinney.
(c) Miss Gardiner.
(d) Mrs. Ballard.

12. What product do Stewart and Ludwig begin to manufacture in "1894-1895"?
(a) Wire clothes hangers.
(b) Coated paper.
(c) Hemp ropes.
(d) Plastic toys for children.

13. In "1914-1916," what does Jennifer say she is going to do to work in the war effort in Europe?
(a) Become a spy.
(b) Entertain in the U.S.O.
(c) Become an Army secretary.
(d) Become a nurse.

14. In the chapter titled "1909," who remarries someone who won't demand any of the marital bed "business?"
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Julia.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Elsa.

15. What illness does Belinda contract?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Rheumatic fever.
(c) Polio.
(d) The plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sally's crippling disease near the end of the book?

2. What epidemic breaks out in "1909"?

3. In the chapter titled "1898," what does the club celebrate with a party?

4. Who gives birth to a fourth daughter in "1886-1887"?

5. In the chapter titled "1894-1895," who refuses to bathe regularly?

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