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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After John's death, what did Sandy and Leona disagree about?
(a) Whether Sandy should go back to school.
(b) Whether or not to sell the farm.
(c) Where he should be buried.
(d) How to invest John's savings.

2. How did Sandy feel about his mother's announcement in 1952?
(a) Angry.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Happy.

3. What did Twyla tell Sandy and Clevis one night after a party?
(a) That she killed a man.
(b) That she was moving to Denver.
(c) That she was pregnant.
(d) That she was dying.

4. What did Edith say she and Lyman could do with the money she saved?
(a) Live in luxury.
(b) Build a new house.
(c) Have a cross-country holiday.
(d) Have a second childhood.

5. Where did Sandy, Mavis, Edith, and Lyman sometimes go for drinks and dancing?
(a) The Holt Hotel.
(b) The American Legion.
(c) The Holt Tavern.
(d) The Firehall Bar.

6. Which doctor was John taken to after his death?
(a) Dr. Parker.
(b) Dr. Schmidt.
(c) Dr. Hampstead.
(d) Dr. Dunn.

7. Who was Clevis?
(a) Sandy's farm hand.
(b) Sandy's neighbor.
(c) Edith's gentleman friend.
(d) Lyman and Edith's cousin.

8. How did Sandy feel about returning to college again after his fourth year?
(a) Half-willing.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Enthusiastic.

9. What did Edith spend the money Lyman sent her on?
(a) Her father's funeral.
(b) A new automobile.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Nothing - she saved it.

10. In what month did John die?
(a) March.
(b) December.
(c) June.
(d) September.

11. What did Mavis say Edith and Lyman looked like?
(a) Twins.
(b) A newlywed couple.
(c) A couple of kids.
(d) An elderly couple.

12. How much money did Sandy give to Twyla?
(a) One thousand dollars.
(b) Fifteen thousand dollars.
(c) Ten thousand dollars.
(d) Five thousand dollars.

13. What injury did Edith get in the car accident?
(a) Edith punctured a lung.
(b) Edith dislocated a shoulder.
(c) Edith had internal bleeding.
(d) Edith broke her arm.

14. What did Edith hang on the wall after her father's death?
(a) Her postcards from Lyman.
(b) Newspaper clippings.
(c) Her mother's portrait.
(d) Paintings she had created.

15. What ride did Mavis, Sandy, Lyman, and Edith ride at the fair?
(a) The roller coaster.
(b) The tilt-o-whirl.
(c) The Ferris Wheel.
(d) The bumper cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wilbur do to make Sandy think he was weak?

2. What gift did Lyman give Sandy in Chapter 9?

3. What appliance did Lyman and Edith purchase?

4. How did Sandy say he could ask Mavis' father for permission to marry?

5. What did Sandy plan to see at the county fair?

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