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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Peter give the Oliver family at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) A hundred dollars.
(b) A new car.
(c) Two cows.
(d) Wood to build pig pens.

2. At the Farm Peter learns of Stephen Gaskin. Who is Stephen Gaskin?
(a) The leader of the commune.
(b) They mayor of Murphy.
(c) A policeman.
(d) A man in a truck.

3. Where does Peter bury Cooper?
(a) By the river.
(b) At the Farm.
(c) In the woods.
(d) In the backyard.

4. What does Peter want from Governor Wallace?
(a) An honest answer.
(b) A set of new clothes.
(c) Money.
(d) A place to stay.

5. How do people treat Peter and Cooper at the Farm?
(a) They fear him.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They despise him.
(d) They welcome him.

6. Who attends the celebration at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Peter's roommate.
(b) Peter's family.
(c) The president.
(d) The sheriff.

7. Why does Peter not set up his tent in Chapter 24?
(a) He is spooked.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He wants to experience the great outdoors.
(d) He is lazy.

8. Where does Peter meet. M.C.?
(a) In a bank while writing a check.
(b) In a restaurant while eating meatloaf.
(c) In a country store while writing a postcard.
(d) In a store while buying clothes.

9. At the end of Chapter 23, what does Peter decide to try and do?
(a) Call home.
(b) To try catfish.
(c) To meet Govenor Wallace.
(d) To meet the president.

10. Where have Peter and Cooper left at the start of Chapter 20?
(a) Florida.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Tennesee.
(d) South Carolina.

11. In Chapter 19, Peter plans to travel to a location in Tennessee. How is this location described?
(a) A two-thousand-acre farm.
(b) A wintry mountain.
(c) A fun-loving state.
(d) A dry, desolate wasteland.

12. How does Peter feel when he leaves M.C's place?
(a) He loves Alabama.
(b) He detests Alabama.
(c) As fondly of M.C. as he does Homer and the Oliver family.
(d) He detests M.C. as much as he does the racists he encounters.

13. In Chapter 24, a pickup truck pulls over to Peter. Who is driving the truck?
(a) An old man.
(b) A drunk man.
(c) Peter's dad.
(d) A young woman.

14. In Chapter 16, what does the oldest Oliver son tell the bootleggers?
(a) Where Peter is staying.
(b) If they lay a hand on Peter or Cooper the Oliver family will be ready.
(c) That Peter is a rat.
(d) That he would like some alcohol.

15. In Chapter 22, what does the vet tell Peter about Cooper?
(a) That there is a chance Cooper might live.
(b) Cooper is dead.
(c) That Cooper is sleeping.
(d) That Cooper is stunned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does M.C. put into Peter's head?

2. In Chapter 26, Who is Miss Margaret?

3. Who does Peter forgive at the end of Chapter 24?

4. In Chapter 15, who is Annie?

5. As Peter is walking in Chapter 24, a pickup truck pulls over next to him. What does the driver of the truck yell at Peter?

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