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Who arrives after the gang at the cabin in Chapter 18? (from Chapter 16, 17 & 18)

Wagner.

Pomeray.

McLear.

Ma.

What was the narrator's brother's name who had passed away in his childhood? (from Chapter 11 & 12)

Johnny.

Billie.

Andrew.

Gerard.

What writer does the narrator think of as he looks for a place to sleep, thinking that the glade near the creek is "where the fishing would be more tragic"? (from Chapter 38)

Hemingway.

Cayce.

Joyce.

Fitzgerald.

Where has Cody been for the past two years in Chapter 13? (from Chapter 13)

San Quentin.

New York.

New Orleans.

New York State Penitentiary.

What words does the narrator hear in the meadow in Chapter 9? (from Chapter 9)

"Roses of the Unborn."

"Roses of Yesterday."

"Roses of the Dead."

"Roses of the Forgotten."

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