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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes out on the nights of the new moon to look for a hoop snake?

2. Where does Margaret wash the clothes?

3. With whom does Ramona live?

4. Who attends Carnegie Tech?

5. Where did William find a mouse nest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Howland kitchen.

2. How did Margaret's parents meet?

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

4. How does Margaret know that spring has come in the Book of Margaret?

5. What is the story of the hoop snake?

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 Abigail remember about the first part of her life?

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

9. What are Abigail's days like after she and John marry but before he finishes his last year of law school?

10. Describe Somerset County.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss William's relationship with the townspeople of Madison City in the Book of William.

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the first section, Abigail admits that if she were to be honest, she would wish that Robert weren't alive. Discuss this statement. Does this make Abigail evil?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the book, Abigail has taken steps to enact her revenge. She demonstrates that she is the one in power. If she is indeed, in power, then why does the book end with her unraveling into tears?

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