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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 type of rifle does C.J. prefer?
(a) The Remington 436.
(b) A 30-30.
(c) A 16 gauge shotgun.
(d) The The Krag-Jorgensen rifle.

2. Where does Talcott work?
(a) He doesn't work yet, he is only sixteen.
(b) In the drug store.
(c) In the mines.
(d) In the forest he is a logger.

3. What does Miles want to do when he finishes high school?
(a) Begin farming.
(b) Move to the city.
(c) Work in the coal mines.
(d) Go to college.

4. For what does Clabe's family look when walking in the woods?
(a) Squirrels and opossums.
(b) Mushrooms.
(c) Wild pigs.
(d) Wild greens.

5. What does Aunt Becka tell Carrie about the animals in the barn and Christmas?
(a) Her Aunt Becka never said anything about animals and Christmas.
(b) The animals pay homage to Jesus.
(c) The animals get sleepy on Christmas Eve.
(d) The animals don't pay any attention to Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rondal do in his school work?

2. What does Carrie call her grandmother?

3. For what does C.J. praise Isom?

4. To what does the word snake refer when Clabe uses it when pointing at his paycheck?

5. What does Ben Honaker do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the railroad companies doing to the farmers and how do the get it done?

2. What does Carrie say she first remembers about Ben Honaker and her sister?

3. What does Rondal's mother tell him when he goes to work for the mines and why does she change her mind?

4. What does Miles find out about Lloyd, why does he leave Miles' mine and what does Carrie ask him before he leaves?

5. What does Rondal do after working in the mines for two years and what is the response to his efforts?

6. How does Dillon feel about what the coal companies are doing and what does he do in response to their actions?

7. What happens to C.J.'s grandfather, why is C.J. named what he is named? What happens to C.J.'s grandfather and then to C.J. and his grandmother?

8. What does Rondal think his father refers to when he talks about the snake and where does most of Clabe's earnings go?

9. What do Carrie and Lloyd do after having dinner at Miles' house, what does Lloyd tell Carrie the next day and what is her response?

10. Describe how Albion came to stay at Carrie's house?

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