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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Nailbourne's profession?
(a) He is a music teacher.
(b) He is a football coach.
(c) He is a banker.
(d) He is a coal merchant.

2. When did the Vineland Women's Caucus organize the presidential vote for women in the community to protest the notion that women would not be interested in voting, according to Mr. Hawk in Chapter 7?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1868.

3. What is Mrs. Treat's first name?
(a) Anna.
(b) Mary.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Sarah.

4. What newspaper is said to be "very unfair to Captain Landis" in Chapter 6?
(a) The Unitarian.
(b) The Freedom Flier.
(c) The Independent.
(d) The Globe.

5. How old is Polly said to be in Chapter 2?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 10.
(d) 18.

6. What is Dusty's bedroom painted to look like?
(a) A shipyard.
(b) Mount Olympus.
(c) A beach.
(d) A rainforest.

7. Who is described by Thatcher as the discoverer of oxygen in Chapter 6?
(a) Joseph Priestley.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Pete Petrofaccio.

8. In what novel is the character of Miss Havisham feaured (referenced in Chapter 7)?
(a) Oliver Twist.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) A Tale of Two Cities.
(d) A Christmas Carol.

9. What literary device is found in the following sentence from Chapter 8? "The boots' brown tongues lolled, a pair of panting dogs" (183).
(a) Irony.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Antagonist.
(d) Simile.

10. Who does Thatcher feel like as he departs Mrs. Treat's home for his own in the end of Chapter 4?
(a) King Tut.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Odysseus.

11. What is Iano's heritage?
(a) Italian.
(b) Greek.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Cuban.

12. Where do Mary and Thatcher exit the train "into a hive of overalled workers" in the opening of Chapter 8 (181)?
(a) Batsto.
(b) Branson.
(c) Bethany.
(d) Barstow.

13. What word from Chapter 8 refers to the study of the evolutionary development and diversification of a species or group of organisms?
(a) Epidemiology.
(b) Synthology.
(c) Phenology.
(d) Phylogeny.

14. Where did Willa's family live prior to inheriting the house?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Washington.
(c) Nevada.
(d) Virginia.

15. What is Nick's last name?
(a) Knox.
(b) Petrofaccio.
(c) Tavoularis.
(d) Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What college was Tig attending before dropping out?

2. Who is the social worker who suggested Willa look into getting the family on Medicaid in Chapter 9?

3. Where does Willa say she and her husband are going to meet their grandchild in Chapter 1?

4. Who is the contractor assessing Willa's house in Chapter 1?

5. Why does Gwen say she came to Willa and Iano's home in Chapter 9?

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