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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sam keeps quiet while Oliver does what?
(a) Hits him.
(b) Screams.
(c) Pretends to have control of the situation.
(d) Cries.

2. Why does Sam hand Jane off to Hadley and Joley at the first opportunity?
(a) He is worried about her.
(b) He feels so awkward around her.
(c) He does not like her.
(d) He is annoyed by her.

3. How does Sam say he travels?
(a) Once a year.
(b) By plane.
(c) Vicariously by reading about exotic places.
(d) Bi-weekly.

4. What happens after Jane's mother confronts her husband about abusing Jane, and he beats her?
(a) The abuse stops.
(b) The abuse becomes worse.
(c) The abuse slows.
(d) The abuse continues.

5. Why are Joley, Hadley and Rebecca preparing to go into town?
(a) For ice cream.
(b) For a movie.
(c) For supplies.
(d) For dinner.

6. After a non-stop, three-day drive from Iowa, where does Oliver arrive?
(a) The 24-hour Blue Diner in Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) The orchard.
(c) A bar.
(d) A hotel.

7. What happens when Jane finishes her shower?
(a) She is appalled to find Sam calmly shaving at the sink.
(b) She slips.
(c) She feels nervous.
(d) She feels refreshed.

8. Why does Jane cry?
(a) Under the weight of her secret.
(b) She loves Sam but knows he will never be hers.
(c) She misses Oliver.
(d) She does not love Sam.

9. Jane writes a letter to Joley bragging about doing what?
(a) Visiting Chicago.
(b) Seeing the plane's wreckage.
(c) Riding a bus on one lap of the Indianapolis Speedway.
(d) Seeing a concert in Minneapolis.

10. Why does Rebecca suggest that Jane dislikes Sam?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is unhappy.
(c) He is uneducated.
(d) He is ugly.

11. What does Oliver observe about the aircraft ruins?
(a) They are tragic.
(b) They are badly burned.
(c) They resemble a beached whale.
(d) They are massive.

12. What does Mica make Oliver promise?
(a) To help the whale.
(b) To go back to San Diego.
(c) To find his family next.
(d) To find his family first.

13. Does Hadley agree to Sam's request?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, but only for a night.
(c) Yes, but only for a few weeks.
(d) Maybe.

14. For what does Sam plead?
(a) Jane to divorce Oliver.
(b) Jane to go back to Oliver.
(c) Jane to marry him.
(d) A day with Jane.

15. Who does Jane meet at the sheep shearing incident?
(a) Hadley.
(b) Hadley's mother.
(c) Sam.
(d) Sam's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jane's mother initially react when she tells her about her father molesting her?

2. The wind howls through the metal and the corn stalks like what?

3. How does Arlo van Cleeb greet Rebecca?

4. What does Sam believe about Jane?

5. Sam knows that he has the advantage over Oliver in height and strength and youth. How does he show maturity?

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