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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wesley decide to do?
(a) Go to town for cold beer.
(b) Go to bed.
(c) Drive Rosacoke home.
(d) Play a song for Rosacoke.

2. Why is Rosacoke humiliated?
(a) Her dress ripped in church.
(b) Wesley has not come to call.
(c) She burped in church.
(d) She fell down the church steps.

3. How long does Rosacoke stay with Mildred's family that day?
(a) Overnight.
(b) A couple hours.
(c) Quite awhile.
(d) Just long enough to snap a couple pictures.

4. Where does Wesley want to spend Thanksgiving with Rosacoke?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Roanoke.
(c) Ocracoke.
(d) Hilton Head.

5. Who is with Wesley when Rosacoke approaches the Beaver house?
(a) Willie's fiance.
(b) Willie.
(c) His brother.
(d) His uncle.

6. What topic does Sammy bring up with Rosacoke?
(a) Her job at the telephone company.
(b) Sissie and Milo's dead baby.
(c) Her plans to marry Wesley.
(d) The weather.

7. What does Rosacoke's mother hope her daughter will glean from their conversation?
(a) Wesley is worth fighting for.
(b) Wesley will only break her heart.
(c) Wesley is a deadbeat.
(d) Wesley is not coming back.

8. What diverts Wesley and Rosacoke's attention?
(a) A flat tire.
(b) A crack from the radio.
(c) An animal running across the road.
(d) A sudden thunderstorm.

9. Who is Miss Marina?
(a) Mr. Isaac's sister.
(b) Mr. Isaac's cook.
(c) Mr. Isaac's nurse.
(d) Mr. Isaac's tenant.

10. Why can Rosacoke not return home on foot?
(a) There is an escaped convict in the area.
(b) It is raining hard.
(c) There is a snowstorm.
(d) It is too dark.

11. Who has not shown up for church services?
(a) Sissie.
(b) Rosemarie.
(c) Wesley.
(d) Willie.

12. Why is Rosacoke disappointed?
(a) Her cake flopped.
(b) She didn't get the job she wanted.
(c) She got a bad haircut.
(d) She is unable to confront Wesley.

13. What is Rosacoke's mother's marital state?
(a) Widowed.
(b) Separated.
(c) Divorced.
(d) Married.

14. What does Wesley want to know by writing to Rosacoke?
(a) If there have been any repercussions from their encounter in the woods.
(b) If she can come for Christmas.
(c) If he left her jacket at her house.
(d) If she still loves him.

15. What does Wesley mean by "repercussions?"
(a) If Rosacoke failed her mid terms because she was with him and didn't study.
(b) If Rosacoke got in trouble for being out too late.
(c) If Rosacoke is pregnant.
(d) If Rosacoke's mother is angry for him driving into her garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. The situation of Rosacoke's pregnancy at the time of her brother's baby dying is what type of literary technique?

2. Where are Wesley and his brother when Rosacoke approaches the house?

3. Why is the relationship between Rosacoke and Mildred and Sammy significant in the 1960s?

4. Why has Sammy come out to the pond?

5. What kind of animal runs across the road?

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