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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Leona have with her first husband?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

2. Who carried Roy's digits to town?
(a) Roy.
(b) Edith.
(c) John.
(d) Roy's son.

3. Why did Lyman ask John for a ride to town in Chapter 6?
(a) So Lyman could catch a train.
(b) So Lyman could call on the midwife.
(c) So Lyman could go drinking.
(d) So Lyman could shop for a new suit.

4. What was Leona's surname?
(a) Turner Newcomb.
(b) Quincy Newcomb.
(c) Barker Newcomb.
(d) Fisher Newcomb.

5. After Roy's accident, what did John send Roy's son to do?
(a) Find Roy's fingers.
(b) Get John's truck.
(c) Call an ambulance.
(d) Get a first aid kit.

6. How did Edith feel when John proposed to her?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Worried.
(d) Disappointed.

7. How old was John Roscoe when the Goodnoughs took residence near his home?
(a) Three years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Six years old.
(d) Ten years old.

8. What is the age difference between Edith and her brother?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Fourteen months.
(d) Two years.

9. What did Edith keep in her apron pocket?
(a) Bubble gum.
(b) A pencil.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) A comb.

10. How long was Ada in labor with her first child?
(a) Two and a half days.
(b) One day.
(c) Three days.
(d) Seventeen hours.

11. Where did Roy Goodnough and Ada Twamley get married?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Idaho.

12. What was the name of the local hardware store?
(a) Wandorf's Hardware.
(b) Walton's Hardware.
(c) Witmore's Hardware.
(d) Winchester's Hardware.

13. In Chapter 4, what did Roy go out to the barn to do?
(a) Confront John about proposing to Edith.
(b) Chop off his last finger.
(c) Stop Lyman from slaughtering a pig.
(d) Kill himself.

14. What is Roy thought to have seen fliers advertising?
(a) Free cattle for farmers.
(b) Holiday resorts in the mountains.
(c) The chance to homestead in Colorado.
(d) Films about cowboys in the Wild West.

15. What does the reporter ask Sandy in regards to the Goodnough fire?
(a) Whether it was arson.
(b) Whether it destroyed the whole house.
(c) Whether it was deliberate.
(d) Whether Sandy had set it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what did Hannah Roscoe offer to Ada?

2. Where is Sandy working at the beginning of Chapter 1?

3. What does Sandy say is the reason Edith and Lyman never left the family farm?

4. How many years are said to have passed without anything of note happening to the Goodnoughs?

5. In Chapter 4, what was Edith putting in the bowl into which Roy dropped something?

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