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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. What does the sign say that Nannie puts in Garnett's yard?
(a) "No dogs allowed."
(b) "For sale."
(c) "No Spray Zone."
(d) "Help wanted."

2. What did Garnett, inadvertently, shoplift from the store?
(a) Gum.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Malathion.
(d) Oil.

3. What significant event passes for Lusa in Chapter 8?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Her birthday.
(c) Cole's birthday.
(d) Her wedding anniversary.

4. What voices does Deanna hear in the forest?
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Owls.
(d) Hunters.

5. Where would Garnett play, as a boy?
(a) At the neighbors.
(b) In the forest.
(c) In a chestnut log.
(d) In trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What killed Garnett's chestnut trees?

2. What does Garnett have a strong interest in?

3. Whom do Eddie & Deanna find in a tree?

4. What does Garnett call his ancestors?

5. What did Deanna's father do to diffuse his grief about having to sell their farm?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Deanna and Eddie are talking about who built Deanna's cabin. Explain the Walker family and their influence on the land in this area.

2. Why does Eddie make Deanna nervous?

3. What is Deanna's main defense of coyotes, concerning the killing of farm livestock?

4. Why does Lusa feel that her new sisters-in-law do not like her?

5. In Chapter 15, Lusa finds she is happier than she has been a long time. Explain this change.

6. Do you think the way the townspeople treat Lusa at Cole's wake is right?

7. What are Garnett's views of the Amish?

8. What does Garnett warn Lusa about, when she wants to place an ad for goats?

9. How do you think Herb and Big Rickie handle the situation about putting in Lusa's crop?

10. What is the ritual for traditional Muslin prayer?

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