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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. What is Annie Baxter doing when we meet her?
(a) Finishing a legal case.
(b) Working late at the factory.
(c) Giving birth.
(d) Watching her husband finish dinner.

2. What does Annie Baxter wonder as we meet her?
(a) Whether her husband will ever quit drinking.
(b) Whether her husband suspects that she knows about his infidelities.
(c) Whether her husband is going to live much longer.
(d) Whether her husband knows how deep in debt he is.

3. Why doesn't Keith Landry stop at the Baxter house?
(a) His car breaks down.
(b) Cliff Baxter warns him away with a gun.
(c) He finds himself unable.
(d) He can't find it.

4. Who does Keith Landry visit in Chapter 14?
(a) His neighbors.
(b) Annie Baxter.
(c) Cliff Baxter.
(d) Billy Marlon.

5. What interrupts Cliff Baxter at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A traveling salesman.
(b) The gun goes off unexpectedly.
(c) The phone rings.
(d) One of the policemen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday does Keith Landry spend with family?

2. Who intervenes to break up the meeting peacefully?

3. Where does Keith Landry have dinner in Chapter 11?

4. What is Annie's feeling about meeting Keith Landry?

5. What has Billy Marlon become since the last time Keith Landry saw him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Keith Landry ultimately do with his car?

2. Describe the reunion between Jeffrey Porter and Keith Landry.

3. How does Cliff Baxter's presence influence Keith Landry's relationship with his car?

4. What happens on the night of Keith Landry's meeting with Cliff Baxter?

5. What does Keith Landry do now that he is back in his old hometown?

6. Describe the conflict that is being brewed as Keith Landry spends more time in Spencerville--and how it seems likely to be settled.

7. What was Keith Landry's career before taking forced retirement?

8. What is Keith Landry invited to do at the dinner he has at the Porter household?

9. Describe the relationship between Annie and Cliff Baxter.

10. What is Cliff Baxter's reaction when he hears that Keith Landry is back in town?

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