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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Margaret.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Abigail is being honest with herself, she find herself wishing that ______________was not alive.
(a) Howland.
(b) John, her husband.
(c) Robert.
(d) Margaret.

2. What is trainasse?
(a) Cajun name for swamp water.
(b) Creole name for narrow tunnels in a marsh.
(c) Cajun name for the marsh.
(d) An animal found in the swamp.

3. What do people call "the bones of the earth," according to the author?
(a) A rock outcropping in a valley.
(b) A dry pond.
(c) The trees of winter.
(d) The granite outcroppings in winter fields.

4. As a girl, where does Margaret go on winter mornings?
(a) Stays in bed.
(b) Swamp.
(c) By the stove.
(d) Hollow tree trunk.

5. What is the eye color of the last William Howland's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What looks like a choppy sea to Abigail?

2. In the first chapter, who built the porch that Abigail stands on?

3. What is squirming "helplessly on the boards" of the porch?

4. Who sits on the Carmichael porch to play the banjo and sing the blues?

5. Where does William's daughter go to college?

(see the answer key)

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