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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the soldiers do to Mattie's hand?
(a) Cut it off.
(b) Cut one finger off.
(c) Douse it in chemicals.
(d) Put staples through it.

2. What kind of lock does the silo have?
(a) A padlock.
(b) A lock that works with a skeleton key.
(c) One that works through fingerprint.
(d) A chain lock.

3. What does Evie tell Jack and Shel to do when the men with guns come?
(a) Call their parents.
(b) Run to the woods and hide.
(c) Get the guns in the silo.
(d) Set all the wild animals free.

4. What does Jack say about the Bible in Chapter 7?
(a) To him, it is a mystery.
(b) He likes the pictures.
(c) He finds it hard to understand.
(d) He likes the apostles best.

5. Who convinces Jack and Shel to free the animals?
(a) Mattie.
(b) Eve.
(c) Darla.
(d) Burl.

6. Who taught poetry on the farm?
(a) Darla.
(b) Terry.
(c) Luca.
(d) John.

7. Who takes Evie at gunpoint into the woods in Chapter 7?
(a) Burl.
(b) Mattie.
(c) Red.
(d) The governor.

8. Why does the owner decide to do away with the soldiers?
(a) They have tried once before to rob her.
(b) She says they broke her rules.
(c) She says it is the only way to get justice.
(d) She says it is her job because she is law enforcement.

9. Where does Sukey's mother have the baby?
(a) In the cottage.
(b) In an animal stall.
(c) In a hospital.
(d) In the woods.

10. What kind of animal on the farm is Jack happy to see?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Horses.
(d) Goats.

11. Which of the angels was once a sous-chef?
(a) Darla.
(b) Luca.
(c) John.
(d) Mattie.

12. Where are the soldiers living?
(a) A gas station.
(b) A Wal-Mart.
(c) A McDonald's.
(d) A Wendy's.

13. What happens to all the soldiers' guns that were in the barn?
(a) They disappear.
(b) They melt.
(c) They are taken by the soldiers when the soldiers leave.
(d) They are taken by the SWAT team.

14. What does the owner of the farm look like?
(a) She is very old and wizened, and she walks with a cane.
(b) She is middle-aged and very average looking.
(c) She is older and small, dressed all in black.
(d) She is young and tall.

15. What is in the silo besides food?
(a) Cars.
(b) Coffins.
(c) Animals.
(d) A gun cabinet with many guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Luca say the teenagers need to do for the parents?

2. Why do the parents tell the teenagers not to come back to the house?

3. What does the governor threaten to do to Mattie by sundown in Chapter 7 if the rest of the farm crew does not give him more food?

4. What does Eve think she sees the night she eats the rye bread?

5. What are the soldiers most excited about finding in the silo?

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