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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. With what other offense could John Wesley be charged?
(a) Murder.
(b) Theft.
(c) Bootlegging.
(d) Aiding a criminal.

2. Why is Ownby going to be arrested?
(a) For bootlegging.
(b) For defacing the government tank.
(c) For gun smuggling.
(d) For murder.

3. How much money does John Wesley give to Sylder?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.

4. Which of the following boys does John Wesley encounter?
(a) All of these.
(b) Boog.
(c) Johnny Romines.
(d) Warn Pulliam.

5. What does the orchard keeper do as he drifts into thought?
(a) Flips through a magazine.
(b) Cooks breakfast.
(c) Shines his boots.
(d) Cleans his gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animals is the wildcat prowling for at the beginning of this section?

2. What do the police choose not to reveal to Mildred Rattner about her husband?

3. What does the orchard keeper notice about the peach pit when he visits it?

4. What kind of animal do John Wesley and Warn speculate must have mauled the mink?

5. For what was John Wesley arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sylder recall losing part of his toe in the war?

2. Why does Gifford focus his question about Ownby on a storekeep named Huffaker?

3. Why does McCarthy wait until this point in the story to reveal the orchard keeper's formal name?

4. What is the significance of cats in the story?

5. Describe the police attack on Ownby's house.

6. What emotions does the orchard keeper have when he finds the peach pit smoldering?

7. How is the dead cat symbolic of Kenneth Rattner?

8. How does John Wesley manage to get into the mental asylum to visit Ownby?

9. How is Sylder finally apprehended for bootlegging?

10. Does it appear that Arthur is completely anti-social?

(see the answer keys)

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