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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who ran off to a ship at Savannah and disappeared?
(a) William's nephew.
(b) An earlier William Howland.
(c) The landlady's husband.
(d) Lorena's brother.

2. What poetry does the elder Abigail enjoy reading out loud before she leaves for college?
(a) Poe.
(b) Shelley.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Dickinson.

3. What looks like a choppy sea to Abigail?
(a) The porch.
(b) The river.
(c) The water inside the watering tin.
(d) The front yard.

4. Where does Abner Carmichael live?
(a) In the biggest brick house in New Church.
(b) In a floating house in New Church.
(c) In a houseboat in Mobile.
(d) In a shack in the middle of the swamp.

5. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail water?
(a) Roses.
(b) Geraniums.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Pansies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where have the oldest children left to go to school at in the first chapter?

2. Two African American children, six and seven years old, arrived at the Howland kitchen door on Sunday afternoon. What did everyone call these children?

3. What does Margaret pack her possessions in when she moves away from New Church?

4. Where does Margaret wash the clothes?

5. In the first Book of Abigail, who avoids the porch light?

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