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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose dentures does Aunt Prue say she hid the day before in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) Grace’s
(b) Mercy’s
(c) Amma’s
(d) Thelma’s

2. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle: “As in, how I feel about you, Lena Duchannes” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Miss
(b) Need
(c) Like
(d) Love

3. What are stacked in the middle of Lena’s room in Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) Poetry books
(b) Old photographs
(c) Casting books
(d) Suitcases

4. What is the name of the Gatlin cemetery that Ethan sees when he opens the door of the house in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) His Garden of Perpetual Peace
(b) The Greenbrier Garden of Peace
(c) Her Lady of the Silver Moon
(d) St. Augustine’s Gardens of Time

5. How old is Ethan said to be in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) 17
(b) 16
(c) 19
(d) 18

6. What is the answer to the clue Ethan puts in the crossword puzzle: “As in, endless, without stopping, forever. The way you feel about a certain girl, whether you’re dead or alive” in Chapter 9: "Stars and Stripes"?
(a) Lost
(b) Vast
(c) Eternal
(d) Hoping

7. What kind of car is Ethan’s father driving when he arrives home in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) A Volvo
(b) A Chrysler
(c) A Jeep
(d) A Ford

8. When Ethan opens the bottle in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles" and the narrative transitions to Amma’s childhood, what is Amma’s great-great-great grandmother called?
(a) Paula the Palimpset
(b) Del the Delinquent
(c) Sarafine the Shifter
(d) Sulla the Prophet

9. In what book does Ethan describe a sock sticking out as a bookmark in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?
(a) Don Juan
(b) The Divine Comedy
(c) The Lord of the Rings
(d) Excalibur

10. By what name does Amma’s grandmother call her in Chapter 8: "Broken Bottles"?
(a) Amarie
(b) Amelica
(c) Amalie
(d) Amina

11. What does Ethan smell in Amma’s kitchen when he enters Wate’s Landing in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?
(a) Roast chicken
(b) Chicken and dumplings
(c) Barbeque pork
(d) Beef pot roast

12. In the prologue to the book, “Beginning Again,” Lena reveals that Ethan was killed when he jumped off of what?
(a) The Empire State building
(b) The Gatlin River bridge
(c) The Summerville water tower
(d) The canoe on the River Styx

13. As Ethan sits outside of Wate’s Landing in Chapter 7: "Crosswords,” he wonders if his father is working on his book about what?
(a) The Twelfth Moon
(b) The Sixteenth Moon
(c) The Eighteenth Moon
(d) The Seventh Moon

14. Where in Ravenwood Manor is Ethan standing when he opens his eyes in the beginning of Chapter 6: "Silver Button"?
(a) The hallway
(b) Macon’s room
(c) The kitchen
(d) Lena’s room

15. What follows “Prudence Jane Statham” on her gravestone, as described in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?
(a) May She Rest in Peace
(b) The Belle of the Ball
(c) The Best Baker in Gatlin
(d) Go Softly into the Dark Night

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ethan’s mother’s name in the novel?

2. What has Amma sprinkled along the windowsills to keep spirits out in Chapter 7: "Crosswords"?

3. What title does Ethan say his mother had in Chapter 2: "Fried Green Tomatoes"?

4. What Celtic symbol adorns Ethan’s mother’s grave in Chapter 3: "This Side or the Next"?

5. What book by Jack Kerouac does Ethan pull from the pile of books under his bed in Chapter 1: "Home"?

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