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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Mary stay at the Girl's Club?
(a) She cannot afford their rates.
(b) The girls remember her and do not want her back.
(c) They don't take married women.
(d) Mary is too old to stay there.

2. How long have Dick and Mary been married at this point in the story?
(a) One year.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

3. At what time do Mary and Dick reach the farm?
(a) Lunchtime.
(b) Early in the morning.
(c) Mid afternoon.
(d) Late at night.

4. About what does Mary pick up a pamphlet?
(a) Embroidery.
(b) Alpaca breeding.
(c) Beekeeping.
(d) Copper mining.

5. What loses a wheel?
(a) The water cart.
(b) Dick's car.
(c) The ambulance.
(d) The wheelbarrow.

6. What does Samson let out?
(a) A secret.
(b) The cattle.
(c) The chickens.
(d) The dogs.

7. What type of shoes is Mary wearing when she arrives at the farm?
(a) Business shoes.
(b) Hiking boots.
(c) Loafers.
(d) High heels.

8. How does Samson's situation change?
(a) It gets worse.
(b) It says the same.
(c) It has its ups and downs.
(d) It improves daily.

9. How does Mary punish Samson for stealing?
(a) She screams at him for an hour.
(b) She beats him with a sjambok.
(c) She docks his wages.
(d) She fires him.

10. What type of car does Charlie drive?
(a) Sleek Japanese.
(b) Humble British.
(c) Fat American.
(d) Modest European.

11. How does Mary ruin her first romantic relationship?
(a) She cheats on her lover with another man.
(b) She runs away and cries when the man kisses her.
(c) She complains and nags him until he leaves her.
(d) She refuses to marry him.

12. What is the extraordinary thing about the murder?
(a) That it happened at all.
(b) No one discusses it.
(c) That it happened to the Turners.
(d) There were signs of the paranormal.

13. What does Mary wish Dick would install in the house?
(a) Proper flooring.
(b) Windows.
(c) Air conditioning.
(d) Ceilings.

14. What type of shorts does Dick wear?
(a) Khaki.
(b) Denim.
(c) Short.
(d) Stained white.

15. What did Charlie once do in a fit of rage?
(a) Beat his wife.
(b) Kill a native.
(c) Slap one of his children.
(d) Break a sjambok over his knee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dick Turner first see Mary?

2. What can't Mary pay?

3. What does Mary forget to give the boy?

4. How often is a trip made by car to the station?

5. Who is Mary's first prospective husband?

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