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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rachel and Jackie's new house is near which mine?
(a) Number Three.
(b) Number One.
(c) Number Thirteen.
(d) Number Seventeen.

2. What is deducted from the coalminers' pay each week?
(a) The cost of insurance.
(b) The cost of housing.
(c) The cost of miner equipment.
(d) The cost of food.

3. Where had Fred told Rachel he was going to go to marry her?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

4. What is the name of the region where Rachel lives?
(a) Ohio Valley.
(b) Appalachia.
(c) Catskills.
(d) Panhandle.

5. Where does Tony go when he leaves the house?
(a) His office.
(b) His buddy's house.
(c) A motel.
(d) His mother's house.

6. How does Tommie die?
(a) In battle.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) Malaria.
(d) In a plane crash.

7. What event does Rachel's mother always listen to on the radio?
(a) The Nutcracker Ballet.
(b) New Year's Eve in Times Square.
(c) The Kentucky Derby.
(d) The Indianapolis 500.

8. Why are Rachel and Tommie teased in their jobs?
(a) Because of their height.
(b) Because of their personalities.
(c) Because of their accents.
(d) Because of their hairstyles.

9. Who is Rachel's mother?
(a) Flora.
(b) Felicity.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Frances.

10. In what year does Dillon get out of jail?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1959.

11. In what state does the story take place?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Alabama.

12. What does Tony do with Jackie when he takes her to the Moose Club?
(a) Leaves her alone in a room with pool tables.
(b) Refuses to buy her any supper.
(c) Makes fun of her when she won't drink beer.
(d) Makes her wait in the car.

13. What is the color of the coat that Rachel wears that bleeds out onto her white dress when it rained?
(a) Green.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

14. What does Dillon do with the skull given to her by Fred?
(a) He buries it.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He stores it in a box.
(d) He throws it in the river.

15. Why does Rachel scream at Tony when he comes home with Jackie?
(a) She can tell Jackie has had some beer.
(b) She has been trying to call him all night.
(c) He had left all the windows open and it rained in the house.
(d) He spent all his paycheck before he got home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rachel refuse to leave Tony?

2. Rachel admits to Tommie that she really cares for whom?

3. Who is Rachel's roommate at nursing school?

4. What does Dillon want Rachel to do after they have declared their love for each other?

5. Why would Rachel's mother approve of Fred?

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