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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. In what month does Helen tell Bill she will be dead soon?
(a) July
(b) August
(c) September
(d) June
2. What job does Mr. Jonas hold?
(a) Gypsy
(b) Junkyard wagon
(c) Traveling salesman
(d) Pharmacist
3. How old is Helen Loomis?
(a) 82
(b) 75
(c) 100
(d) 95
4. Where do the sounds of Mexico City take Colonel Freeleigh back to?
(a) His retirement
(b) His marriage
(c) Young adulthood
(d) Childhood
5. Which of the following is one of Elmira's major faults?
(a) Wicked and evil
(b) Trusting
(c) Gossipy tongue
(d) Practicing witchcraft
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following terms best describes the relationship between Elmira Brown and Clara Goodwater?
2. What does Bill confess to Helen?
3. What doesn't Grandfather want to talk about?
4. Which of the following terms best describes how Grandma is when it comes to her recipes?
5. What event helps to resolve the differences between Clara and Elmira?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the different views on Helen's death and how it relates to happy endings by Douglas and Tom?
2. Describe the scene where Elmira confronts Clara and how Clara reacts.
3. What powerful realization does Douglas come to during this section of the novel?
4. How does Great-grandma tell Douglas to find the new person who will take over the chore of fixing the roof shingles in the spring which she used to be responsible for doing?
5. How did Douglas finish his tablet entry and when did he make the decision to finish the entry in this manner?
6. How does Douglas come to recover from the fever?
7. What does Douglas believe would have happened between Bill and Helen if they had been born at different times?
8. Why do Tom, Douglas and Charlie believe that the man that Lavina killed is not the Lonely One?
9. How does Lavinia come to be the one responsible for the death of the Lonely One?
10. How does Douglas help Grandmother to be able to return to the excellent cook she always was before Aunt Rose came?
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