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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. Whose shrieking does Abigail miss in the first Book of Abigail?
(a) The townspeople.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her ex-husband.
(d) Two whipporwills.

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

3. What did William give his daughter as a homecoming surprise after her first year of college?
(a) A book of poetry.
(b) A trip to Europe.
(c) A horse.
(d) A gazebo.

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

5. What is Abigail's son's name?
(a) Willie.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illusion does Abigail have in the first chapter?

2. How many bedrooms does Annie count in the Howland home?

3. How did William Marshall Howland die?

4. What attacks William so that he coats his body with muck?

5. Who ran off to a ship at Savannah and disappeared?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Abigail's reasoning for watering the geraniums so late in the season?

2. What are Abigail's younger children doing as she stands on the porch?

3. Describe Lorena Adams.

4. What does Aimee Legendre Howland have a craving for, and how does she meet this craving?

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

6. What has survived the frost in the first section to Abigail's surprise and how?

7. How is the content of "The Keepers of the House" organized?

8. What does the narrator mean when she says that the county will find out about her oldest daughters being sent away because "they always know everything"?

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

10. Describe the Howland tomb and its eventual use.

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