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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. According to Margaret's mother, what is hippin?
(a) Talking in dialect.
(b) Carrying babies on your hip.
(c) Sagging diaper.
(d) Acting arrogant.

2. 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) Long Gone Lonesome Blues.
(b) Please Send Me Someone To Love.
(c) Glory of Love.
(d) Mona Lisa.

3. What does Margaret give to Little Matthew?
(a) A persimmon.
(b) A piggy back ride.
(c) Her hat.
(d) A snakeskin.

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

5. 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 dinner at the house.
(d) A memorial at the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the youngest of Margaret's children?

2. What career does Robert have, and where is his first job?

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

4. What outlines the graves in New Church?

5. What sound do the branches of the bluish white hickory tree make?

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. On moving to Madison City, what does Abigail recall being told about her mother.

4. What does Abigail remember about family vacations?

5. What does Abigail remember about Robert as a child?

6. How did Margaret's parents meet?

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

8. What does Margaret take with her when she moves from New Church to the Howland estate?

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

10. What are death gifts, and what happens if you touch one?

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