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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the bootleggers threaten the Oliver family in Chapter 15?
(a) They tell Mr. Oliver if he doesn't ask Peter to leave, they will kill Peter and Cooper.
(b) They will burn the Oliver home down.
(c) They threaten to turn the Oliver family into the police.
(d) They will murder the Oliver family.

2. What gift does Peter give the Oliver family at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) A new car.
(b) Wood to build pig pens.
(c) A hundred dollars.
(d) Two cows.

3. Why does Peter decide to head to head to Tennessee?
(a) He hears it's warmer there.
(b) He is invited by a family friend.
(c) He researches it on the internet.
(d) He misses a sense of family.

4. As Peter is walking in Chapter 24, a pickup truck pulls over next to him. What does the driver of the truck yell at Peter?
(a) That Peter is a drug-dealing Yankee and that he will kill Peter.
(b) That Peter dropped his wallet.
(c) That Peter should watch out for hunters.
(d) That the road is closed.

5. At the end of Chapter 23, what does Peter decide to try and do?
(a) To meet Govenor Wallace.
(b) To meet the president.
(c) Call home.
(d) To try catfish.

6. In Chapter 19, Peter plans to travel to a location in Tennessee. How is this location described?
(a) A dry, desolate wasteland.
(b) A two-thousand-acre farm.
(c) A wintry mountain.
(d) A fun-loving state.

7. Who does Peter forgive at the end of Chapter 24?
(a) The drunk who threatened him.
(b) The girl that tripped him.
(c) The woman who kissed him.
(d) The man who stole from him.

8. Why does M.C. startle Peter?
(a) M.C. looks like Peter's father.
(b) He sneaks up behind him and shouts, "Boo!"
(c) M.C. is a beautiful woman.
(d) He is carrying a pistol.

9. In Chapter 16, what does the oldest Oliver son tell the bootleggers?
(a) That Peter is a rat.
(b) Where Peter is staying.
(c) That he would like some alcohol.
(d) If they lay a hand on Peter or Cooper the Oliver family will be ready.

10. After the white church is destroyed, where do the white people go to pray?
(a) Another town.
(b) Their homes.
(c) The school house.
(d) The black church.

11. In Chapter 17, why are the men at the mill mad at Peter?
(a) Peter sucks up to the boss.
(b) Peter has an affair with a mill worker's wife.
(c) Peter offends them.
(d) They think he is an informant.

12. In Chapter 23, Peter is debating traveling to which two states?
(a) Oregon or Seattle.
(b) North Carolina or South Carolina.
(c) Louisianna or Texas.
(d) Mississippi or Alabama.

13. By the end of Chapter 22, who does Peter realize he may be searching for?
(a) God.
(b) His family.
(c) His wife.
(d) His long lost sister.

14. How is Governor Wallace disabled?
(a) He has dyslexia
(b) He is deaf.
(c) He is blind.
(d) He is in a wheelchair.

15. Where is Peter at the start of Chapter 17?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) In jail.
(c) At home.
(d) At the veneer mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 24, whom does Peter call?

2. What does Peter think about the people who follow Stephen Gaskin?

3. At the Farm Peter meets many people, why does Peter never meet Stephen Gaskin?

4. How does Peter feel about America at the end of Chapter 18?

5. In Chapter 18, how do the black church members help the white church members?

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