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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 February, John calls Abigail to ask her out. On their date, a jukebox is playing. What is the first song they heard from it?
(a) Mona Lisa.
(b) Please Send Me Someone To Love.
(c) Long Gone Lonesome Blues.
(d) Glory of Love.

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

3. After the Korean War, where does John set up his practice?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Madison City.

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

5. In what month do Abigail and John marry?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) June.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Katy moaning in the Book of Margaret?

2. Where does Margaret wash the clothes?

3. According to Margaret's mother, what is hippin?

4. Why is Abigail expelled from college?

5. How old is Margaret when she learns the story of her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does it take so long for John to contact Abigail and ask her out for a second date. Describe their dates.

2. Describe the Howland kitchen.

3. What is the story of the hoop snake?

4. Describe the house that Margaret grows up in.

5. How long does the great-grandmother's funeral last?

6. Explain why the townspeople are angry at the grandfather for not bringing his daughter's body home for burial from Santa Fe?

7. What does Margaret's first bedroom at the Howland home look like?

8. Without medical help, one of the children could died from pneumonia. What do the Howlands do?

9. Describe Somerset County.

10. What does Abigail remember about the first part of her life?

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