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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Abigail's imagination, who stands next to her on the porch in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) Robert.
(b) Margaret.
(c) John.
(d) William.

2. In the first chapter, who built the porch that Abigail stands on?
(a) Her great-great-great-great-grandfather.
(b) Her great-grandfather.
(c) Her great-great-great grandfather.
(d) Her great-great grandfather.

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

4. What had William hunted as a boy for a quarter for each skin?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Fox.
(c) Coons.
(d) Snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Abigail see in place of the fence?

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

3. What is Lorena diagnosed with three days after giving birth to a son?

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

5. What is Abigail's son's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reaction when William subscribes to the New York Tribune at his daughter's request?

2. Why is the November evening so quiet and final?

3. In the first Book of Abigail, what does Abigail remember of being a child in this house?

4. What does William Howland do for amusement while living in Atlanta?

5. In addition to the month being stated, what other clues about the season is the reader given in the first paragraph?

6. What does the narrator say in the first section that indicates that she might be lonely?

7. What delays William's trip into the swamp to find the Robertson's liquor still?

8. What is the appearance of the front yard in the first section/chapter?

9. Describe Abigail, William's daughter, as a child.

10. What caused the "ugly smears" in the sky in October in the first section?

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