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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Sandy working at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Inside a corral.
(b) In a field.
(c) In a barn.
(d) Inside a garage.

2. As a child, what did Sandy do with Edith?
(a) Played cards.
(b) His homework.
(c) Chores.
(d) Baked pies.

3. Who did John meet outside the hardware store?
(a) Edith.
(b) Bud Sealy.
(c) Roy.
(d) Wenzel Gerdts.

4. In what year did Leona and John get married?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1922.

5. What does the reporter take from his back pocket in Chapter 1?
(a) A spiral notebook.
(b) His wallet.
(c) A photograph.
(d) A set of keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John see when he ordered Sandy to stop the truck in Chapter 6?

2. What did John want to do because Roy made Edith so miserable?

3. In Chapter 4, when Sandy talks about Edith crying, how many more times does he say she would cry in her lifetime?

4. What was Leona's surname?

5. In Chapter 3, what did Roy berate his son over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ada and Hannah become friends?

2. What did John see in the field as he and Sandy drove past the Goodnough farm in Chapter 6?

3. How did Lyman stay in touch with Edith after leaving her behind on the farm?

4. What did the doctor do to help Roy, and what was the lasting effect of his accident?

5. What happened after John and Roy had an argument that came to blows in Chapter 6?

6. Why did John suspect that the barbed wire may be Roy's and not his own?

7. Why did John and Sandy take Lyman to the train station in Chapter 6?

8. Why did Edith keep gum in her apron pockets?

9. What did Wenzel Gerdts tell John about Lyman?

10. What accident occurred one day while the Goodnoughs and John were bringing in the harvest?

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