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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Darcie's twin sister?
(a) Dreama.
(b) Aurelia.
(c) Darla.
(d) Willa.

2. Whose family is described in Chapter 11 as "a big, loyal household of parentless siblings holding it all together" (290)?
(a) Emma's.
(b) Jorge's.
(c) Iano's.
(d) Peter's.

3. Where does Willis say Carruth was shot?
(a) In the back of the head.
(b) In the left hand.
(c) In the shoulder.
(d) In in right hip.

4. To whom has Willis Chester become engaged in Chapter 14?
(a) Mary.
(b) Selma.
(c) Aurelia.
(d) Polly.

5. What season is it when Willa and Iano go to the Pine Barrens in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

6. What does "SIDS" refer to in the narrative?
(a) Sudden Internal Death Syndrom.
(b) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
(c) Synaptic Identity Deterioration Syndrome.
(d) Severe Internal Detachment Syndrome.

7. What does "Lex loci" translate to in English, as shown in Chapter 10 (258)?
(a) The law of the land.
(b) The eye of the mind.
(c) The written word.
(d) The eye of the beholder.

8. How many brothers had Uri Carruth lost to tragedy due to bad working conditions?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

9. To whom does Thatcher say his neighbor (Mary Treat) compares Captain Landis in Chapter 10?
(a) King Henry VIII.
(b) President Grant.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Phineas Barnum.

10. In what month does Chapter 15 begin?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) April.

11. Who was on watch the night that Nick died?
(a) Willa.
(b) Zeke.
(c) Tig.
(d) Iano.

12. Who is the dressmaker for Aurelia and Rose?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Mrs. Clark.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Brindle.

13. What is the title of the final chapter of the novel?
(a) "Shelter."
(b) "After."
(c) "The Fall."
(d) "Survival."

14. What does Uri Carruth put in his and Thatcher's coffee when they meet at the coffeeshop in Chapter 10?
(a) Absinthe.
(b) Rum.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Vodka.

15. Who wrote My Antonia?
(a) Willa Cather.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Samuel Wilbeforce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the admission cost for the lecture that Thatcher attends in the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. What have vandals been doing to the trees on Landis Avenue in Chapter 16?

3. What is the fourth principle that Thatcher presents in the debate with Cutler in Chapter 12?

4. On what day of the week do Iano and Willa go to the Pine Barrens in the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. Where does Thatcher go to watch the lecture in Chapter 10?

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