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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. Who is coming to visit Garrett, that has him excited?
(a) Lusa.
(b) Grandchildren.
(c) College friends.
(d) Jewel.

2. What is covering Lusa's garage?
(a) Tarp.
(b) Moss.
(c) Honeysuckle.
(d) Spider webs.

3. What is the reason that Lusa gives Crys for keeping the farm, in Chapter 21?
(a) Cole's memory.
(b) To prove that she can do it.
(c) She needs something that is all hers.
(d) Ghosts.

4. How old was Nannie's daughter, when she died?
(a) 2.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

5. Whom is Lowell afraid of?
(a) Lois.
(b) Mary Edna.
(c) Big Rickie.
(d) Hannie-Mavis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Crys?

2. What direction is the other family, which the coyote senses, coming from?

3. What is the shape of Nannie's shingles?

4. How many times has Deanna been caught outside in a lightning storm?

5. According to Lusa, what do people do more of, when they are sad?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, Lusa spends quality time with Crys. What are some things that she finds out about her?

2. In Chapter 19, Deanna is exhibiting what symptoms that causes Eddie to think that she is anemic and Deanna to think she is menopausal?

3. In Chapter 30, Lusa is finally beginning to feel like what?

4. What does Garnett tell Nannie is the reason that he will not reach out to his son?

5. What does Hannie-Mavis tell Lusa is the real reason that Cole's family does not seem to embrace her?

6. In Chapter 27, what does Lusa find out about the father of Jewel's children?

7. In Chapter 23, what are Garnett and Nannie's differing views on old age?

8. In Chapter 30, Lusa starts to think of Cole in a different manner. What is this?

9. What realizations does Deanna have, alone in a rainstorm, in Chapter 29?

10. Why is the first cold day a day that Deanna will never forget?

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