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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. Why, in spite of his past, is Doc in influential circles?
(a) He knows many secrets about important people.
(b) No one has found out about his past.
(c) People are forgiving.
(d) He has bribed people.

2. What does Pat do to Lila in Chapter 15?
(a) Pat fixes her hair.
(b) Pat flirts with Lila.
(c) Pat slaps Lila.
(d) Pat pushes Lila out of the room.

3. What is the name of Pat's prison?
(a) Riverdale State Reformatory.
(b) Sandstone State Reformatory.
(c) Springwater State Reformatory.
(d) Everwood State Reformatory.

4. What does Hardesty hint about the plan?
(a) It is not well conceived.
(b) It will land Doc in jail.
(c) It will involve Pat going back to prison.
(d) It will make Pat rich.

5. What does Pat tell Madeline in Chapter 11?
(a) Pat's life story.
(b) That Doc warned Pat not to go near Madeline.
(c) That Pat is an ex-con.
(d) That Pat doesn't like her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Doc hope to do by his plan?

2. Where do Pat and Doc stop for lunch?

3. What does the parole officer catch Pat doing?

4. When Pat revisits the diner, where does he sit?

5. Where do Pat and Doc eat lunch in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Pat an intelligent character? Support your answer with evidence from the first five chapters.

2. Why is Myrtle Briscoe upset over Pat's parole?

3. What does Pat reveal to Madeline and the parole officer in Chapter 12? Why does he do this?

4. What do the documents that Doc is looking at say about Pat?

5. What makes Pat realize that he is in serious trouble?

6. Is the parole officer good at his job? Use evidence from the story to support your opinion.

7. Does Pat find out more about Doc from Lila? Why or why not?

8. Pat overhears Doc arguing with another man by his car. What does Pat conclude about the argument between Doc and the other man?

9. How does Pat get his job at the Highway Commission?

10. Describe Myrtle Briscoe.

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