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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rose respond when she learns she will be playing the piano for the governor and his wife?
(a) She cannot believe her luck.
(b) She is a bit nervous.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She secretly panics.

2. Throughout the first section (Chapters i-III) of the book, how does George act when Phil tries to start a conversation with him?
(a) Surprised.
(b) Distant.
(c) Angry.
(d) Confused.

3. How does Johnny feel about delivering his own son?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Proud.
(d) Concerned.

4. Why does Phil wonder if George remembered the snow chains for his tires?
(a) George has a tendency to forget the snow chains.
(b) George's tires are worn out and need to be replaced.
(c) The snow is beginning to fall harder and harder while George is away.
(d) George will need the chains for the rough terrain.

5. How do the townspeople of Beech react to the coming of the Burbank cattle drive?
(a) Excitedly and anxiously.
(b) They do not react at all.
(c) Angry and helpless.
(d) Annoyed and irritated.

6. How is the Old Lady pleased by Rose?
(a) When Rose mentions George’s kindness.
(b) Rose is beautiful and sweet.
(c) Rose gives her a gift.
(d) Rose sets a beautiful table.

7. Why does the Old Lady believe that she and the Old Gent should be present at George’s wedding?
(a) They want to be supportive.
(b) She cannot wait to meet the bride-to-be.
(c) It might look funny if they are not there.
(d) She wants to be there to give advice to both of them prior to the ceremony.

8. What do both of Phil’s parents wonder about him?
(a) Where they went wrong.
(b) How he ended up so intelligent.
(c) If there is something wrong with him.
(d) Why he is so angry all the time.

9. How does Rose convince herself that she misunderstood Phil the night he and his team dined at the Red Mill?
(a) A grown man would not humiliate a boy.
(b) Phil must be very sarcastic, and Rose does not understand his humor.
(c) He must be be jealous of Peter.
(d) She was in the kitchen and must have misheard him.

10. What does Rose admit to George about her feelings for him?
(a) She has never loved anyone and does not believe she ever will.
(b) She is not sure if she could love another man, as she loved her husband.
(c) She has quickly fallen head over heels for him.
(d) She has loved him since the first time she saw him.

11. For how long does Johnny go without drinking?
(a) Five years.
(b) A year.
(c) A week.
(d) A month.

12. How does Rose see that she is fortunate regarding the two men to which she has been married?
(a) They are both well-off.
(b) They are both generous men.
(c) They are both talented.
(d) They are both kind men.

13. Why does George matter-a-factly reprimand Phil at the end of Chapter III?
(a) He should have paid the bill as soon as the meal had ended.
(b) He should have not allowed the cowhands to return to the saloon.
(c) He should not have spoken the way he did about the boy, as it had made the woman cry.
(d) He should not have concerned himself with the other guests at the Red Mill.

14. When George returns to the Red Mill a few weeks later, how is his behavior unlike others visitors?
(a) He calls her ma'am.
(b) He does not sign the guest book.
(c) He knocks on the door.
(d) He calls ahead to announce his arrival.

15. What is George's response to Phil in college when Phil tells him it was embarrassing meeting with the dean and having to explain why your brother is not doing well in school?
(a) I'm sorry, Phil.
(b) I did the best I could, Phil.
(c) I hated college, Phil.
(d) Get over it, Phil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do both George and Rose change, regarding supper?

2. What do both George and Rose know will greet them back home at the ranch?

3. To what does the narrator compare the taunting of Peter by classmates?

4. What luxury does the Burbank cattle ranch have?

5. How is Rose treated at the grocery store in Herndon after marrying George?

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