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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what direction has the sun set at the beginning of "The Keepers of the House"?
(a) The clouds keep Abigail from seeing the sun set.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Due west.
(d) Northwest.

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

3. Who is Michael Campbell?
(a) William's brother-in-law.
(b) William's cousin who is a doctor.
(c) William's cousin who is a lawyer.
(d) The Madison City postmaster.

4. From whose viewpoint is the first Book of Abigail written.
(a) Abigail's daughter's.
(b) Abigail's.
(c) Abigail's grandfather's.
(d) Abigail's mother's.

5. How does Abigail see Margaret's son carrying himself?
(a) As an old man.
(b) As the young boy she grew up with.
(c) As if in fear.
(d) As if he owns the world.

6. What is like "stain on a sponge"?
(a) The creeping night.
(b) Dryness of the skin.
(c) Water spilled onto the porch.
(d) The light on the porch.

7. From where did the tomb builder come?
(a) Biloxi.
(b) Mobile.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Richmond.

8. What is quiet and still and dry in the first chapter?
(a) November evenings.
(b) The river.
(c) The trees.
(d) The Howland estate.

9. To whom does William admit being able to stand for his whole life, so he can manage a little more?
(a) Calvin Robertson.
(b) Ramona.
(c) Rufus Matthews.
(d) Annie.

10. Who is passed out in the corner after the groom's breakfast?
(a) Harry Armstrong.
(b) Mr. Bannister.
(c) Howland Campbell.
(d) Gregory Mason.

11. What does the owl have for supper in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Small bird.
(d) Rabbit.

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

13. What is a 'painter' as mentioned in the Book of William?
(a) A type of slave.
(b) A bobcat.
(c) Someone who paints barns.
(d) An artist.

14. Where have the oldest children left to go to school at in the first chapter?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Memphis.

15. Where does William's daughter go to college?
(a) H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College in Louisiana.
(b) University of Montevallo in Alabama.
(c) Agnes Scott College in Georgia.
(d) Mary Baldwin in Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Margaret's children?

2. Who is Marge?

3. Who is best man at Abigail's wedding to Gregory Mason?

4. Which one of Margaret's children has Abigail recently seen in the first chapter?

5. Whose shrieking does Abigail miss in the first Book of Abigail?

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