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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33 – 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Peter’s wife?
(a) Ella.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Sally.
(d) Susan.

2. When is Chapter Twenty-two set?
(a) Spring of 1851.
(b) Summer of 1945.
(c) Spring of 1945.
(d) Fall of 1851.

3. Where did Jonas go to attend college after the Colonel’s death?
(a) Harvard.
(b) A&M.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

4. What arrives in the mail on the same day that Peter sends his sons to war in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) A Lewis gun.
(b) A Tommy gun.
(c) A box of candy.
(d) A diamond necklace.

5. What is the date of Peter McCullough’s first diary entry in Chapter Three?
(a) August 16, 1915.
(b) September 4, 1915.
(c) June 22, 1917.
(d) August 10, 1915.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Eli McCullough related to Jeanne McCullough?

2. What is Eli McCullough’s nickname in the novel?

3. The narrative of Chapter One is transcribed from a WPA Recording in what year?

4. What is Peter’s diary entry dated in Chapter Nine?

5. What is the name of the man that Prairie Flower is romantically involved with when she begins an affair with Eli in Chapter Nineteen?

(see the answer key)

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