The Orchard Keeper | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Pages 8 - 27

1. What is Kenneth Rattner doing as the novel begins?

Hitchhiking.

2. What does Kenneth do at the gas station?

Wanders the aisles.

3. What item does Kenneth claim to need when asked by the storekeep?

Tire pump.

4. Kenneth asks the storekeep for the distance to what city?

Atlanta.

5. How far is it to Atlanta from where Kenneth is now?

17 miles.

6. What is Kenneth's ultimate decision?

Knoxville.

7. What is the name of the town where Marion Sylder was born?

Red Branch.

8. In what year was Marion Sylder born?

1913.

9. What is the name of the bar which is tethered to a pine tree to keep it in place?

Green Fly Inn.

10. Who is the old acquaintance that Marion sees at the bar?

Cabe.

11. Where is Kenneth when he enters a bar?

Outside of Atlanta.

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