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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did William Marshall Howland die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Killed in the Civil War.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Murdered by five Indians.

2. How old is William when he thinks that he is old?
(a) 48.
(b) 55.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

3. What does Abigail do immediately before watering?
(a) Puts on a sweater.
(b) Turns on the porch light.
(c) Tells the children to wash for dinner.
(d) Cries.

4. Whom does Abigail envision as saying, "just like a Howland"?
(a) Margaret's children.
(b) The county.
(c) Her ex-husband's family.
(d) The servants.

5. What is flying around the porch in the first chapter?
(a) Birds.
(b) Moths.
(c) Flies.
(d) Gnats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Michael Campbell?

2. What is William's first step in the adventure of going into the swamp?

3. When William tells his granddaughter, "I used to think she'd glow in the night," to whom is he referring?

4. What is likker?

5. In what direction has the sun set at the beginning of "The Keepers of the House"?

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