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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people clean muddy shoes on at the Howland home?
(a) Cleans them in the river.
(b) Rinses off with well water.
(c) Uses a stick to get the mud out.
(d) Boot scraper shaped like two rabbits.

2. What career does Robert have, and where is his first job?
(a) Doctor; Los Angeles.
(b) Engineer; San Francisco.
(c) Banker; Philadelphia.
(d) Architect; Chicago.

3. As a child, where does Abigail go stay for almost a year?
(a) Bannisters.
(b) Her father.
(c) Oliver.
(d) Aunt Annie.

4. Whose job is it to water the garden in Margaret's family?
(a) Abner Carmichael.
(b) Margaret.
(c) The great-grandmother.
(d) The youngest child.

5. Where does Margaret see her grandmother's spirit immediately after the funeral?
(a) Porch.
(b) A grove of trees.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Cemetery.

6. Who is Robert Stokes?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Deputy.

7. With whom does Ramona live?
(a) No one.
(b) Sister.
(c) Husband and daughter.
(d) The Howlands.

8. How does William honor his daughter after death in Wade County?
(a) Gives a stained glass window to the Methodist church.
(b) He builds a new church building.
(c) A memorial at the church.
(d) A memorial dinner at the house.

9. Who mentions that Abigail flounces out of the house?
(a) Robert.
(b) Annie.
(c) Margaret.
(d) William.

10. Who goes out on the nights of the new moon to look for a hoop snake?
(a) Abigail and Nina.
(b) Nina and Crissy.
(c) Crissy and Robert.
(d) Robert and Abigail.

11. Who says, "It's hot and I'm miseried"?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Aunt Mary.
(c) Cousin Kate.
(d) Abner Carmichael.

12. Oliver lived with his sister by a big spring. What was the name of the spring?
(a) Little River.
(b) Cedar Creek.
(c) No-name Spring.
(d) Sobbing Woman.

13. What realization does Margaret come to after the move to higher ground during the spring floods?
(a) It is time to have a child.
(b) She should go find her mother.
(c) She should move North.
(d) This is her last year to make this move.

14. With whom does Abigail drive off after her near drowning?
(a) Her roommate.
(b) John Tolliver.
(c) Tom Stanley.
(d) She drives off alone.

15. What is another name that Margaret knows for water moccasins?
(a) Water snake.
(b) Cottonmouth.
(c) Congo.
(d) Swamp snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did William find a mouse nest?

2. Which child receives the most affection from Margaret and William?

3. How old was Margaret when her mother left for good?

4. What did Margaret's family once turned into beads?

5. Why is Abigail away from home for almost a year?

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