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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Why does Miriam tell Mimi that she can stand to leave Miller's Valley so easily? (from Pages 211 – 257)

Because it is no longer home.

Because she has always hated Aunt Ruth.

Because the monetary offer is good.

Because she has always wanted to move to Harrisburg.

2.

Why does Tommy tell Mimi that many of the people in Miller's Valley are stupid? (from Pages 51 – 110)

Because they are not selling their homes and leaving the valley while prices are high.

Because they do not believe things can ever change.

Because not many residents are college-educated.

Because they are too wrapped up in their own lives to see Vietnam has to be saved.

3.

What family is the first to sell their land to the government, signaling a flood of sales? (from Pages 161 – 211)

The Ventis.

The Langers.

The Janssons.

The Fenstermachs.

4.

What was the biggest mistake the government made in constructing Roosevelt Dam where it did, according to Mimi? (from Pages 111 – 160)

That they did not account for municipal-industrial expansion over time.

That they did not make the dam big enough.

That they did not account for population growth over time.

That they did not make the reservoir big enough.

5.

Why does Mimi's mother contend that Miller's Valley is no longer home? (from Pages 211 – 257)

Because her family is no longer there.

Because the valley is flooded.

Because Miriam is originally from Andover.

Because no one lives there anymore.

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