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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 does Dillon go to join the army?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Canada.
(d) Italy.

2. What does Rachel name her baby?
(a) Janelle.
(b) Jill.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Jackie.

3. In what town is Dillon's house located?
(a) Winco.
(b) Wyandott.
(c) Westfield.
(d) Waynesville.

4. Who leads a strike of hundreds of miners in a labor dispute?
(a) Tony.
(b) Fred.
(c) Dillon.
(d) Jimmy.

5. What part of her body is broken when Rachel falls into the river?
(a) Her ankle.
(b) Her leg.
(c) Her finger.
(d) Her arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is shot in the head and will live brain damaged for the rest of her/his life?

2. Which U.S. President is killed while Dillon is in prison?

3. Who is the first boy who Rachel kisses?

4. Where does Tony go when he leaves the house?

5. In what city is Dillon serving time in a federal penitentiary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Jackie like her mother in that she falls in love with a man she cannot have?

2. What reasons do Dillon and Fiona have for not wanting Rachel to go away to nursing school?

3. Why is Rachel conflicted in her feelings even though she has found a rich boy who wants to marry her?

4. What is Appalachia and what does Rachel surprisingly udiscover about it?

5. After the war, why does Rachel fight her attraction to Dillon even though he is even more good-looking now?

6. What is Fiona's interest in the Kentucky Derby?

7. Who is Fred and how does he disappoint Rachel?

8. Who is Tony Angelelli?

9. What makes Rachel ultimately surrender to her love for Dillon?

10. What does little Jackie recall about Dillon's visits to see her mother?

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