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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of car do the Van Cleves have?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) Chevy.
(c) Dodge.
(d) Ford.

2. How many years does Fred say he and his wife were married before she left him?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. In Chapter 8, how many times did the bell toll when Garrett Bligh died?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 34.
(d) 10.

4. In Chapter 9, when were most babies born in Baileyville?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

5. In Chapter 2, whose horse bolted when old man Vance tooted his horn?
(a) Izzy Brady's.
(b) Margery O'Hare's.
(c) Beth Pinker's.
(d) Peggy Foreman's.

6. What was the name of Bennett's mother?
(a) Delores.
(b) Martha.
(c) Jean.
(d) Margaret.

7. What does Jim Horner trade for the dolls Alice brings his girls in Chapter 11?
(a) Head of a deer.
(b) Head of a stag.
(c) Stuffed rabbit.
(d) Stuffed ground squirrel.

8. What type of bird does Bennett think that Alice sees at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Cuckoo.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Cardinal.
(d) Hummingbird.

9. In Chapter 6, what did Beth promise to buy Bryn if he ran errands for her?
(a) Peppermints.
(b) Tootsie Rolls.
(c) Licorice.
(d) Lemon drops.

10. In Chapter 11, where do Van Cleve and Bennett have lunch?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Lexington.
(c) Shelbyville.
(d) Frankfort.

11. How long had Izzy been delivering books in Chapter 5?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 7 weeks.

12. What does Fred give Alice to take home at the end of Chapter 15?
(a) Shotgun.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) Pistol.

13. When was a law created that called for segregated libraries for different races?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1931.

14. How long did Alice read to Garrett Bligh in Chapter 4?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) 30 minutes.
(c) 60 minutes.
(d) 40 minutes.

15. In Chapter 6, what was the name of Pastor McIntosh's sister?
(a) Rebecca.
(b) Angela.
(c) Louisa.
(d) Pamela.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what does Alice use for target practice?

2. At the end of Chapter 11, who teaches Alice how to shoot a shotgun?

3. What time did Margery and Sven wake in Chapter 10?

4. In Chapter 5, how far away could the sounds of the Hoffman Mining Company be heard before the mine could be seen?

5. In Chapter 14, besides cloth-washing, how long might a librarian go without seeing her body much at all?

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