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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Peter feel about America at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Peter wants to move to Canada.
(b) Peter still hates America.
(c) Peter is begining to love America.
(d) Peter is indifferent.

2. How long after Cooper dies does Peter leave the Farm?
(a) One day.
(b) Nine days.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

3. At the Farm Peter learns of Stephen Gaskin. Who is Stephen Gaskin?
(a) A policeman.
(b) They mayor of Murphy.
(c) A man in a truck.
(d) The leader of the commune.

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

5. Where does Peter bury Cooper?
(a) In the woods.
(b) At the Farm.
(c) By the river.
(d) In the backyard.

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

7. How does Peter feel at that start of Chapter 19?
(a) Angry and violent.
(b) Scared and vulnerable.
(c) Sad and depressed.
(d) Happy and upbeat.

8. What does the Oliver family do to send Peter off in Chapter 18?
(a) They throw a feast.
(b) They pray for him.
(c) They build a pinata.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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

12. What does Governor Wallace tell Peter before he leaves?
(a) To watch his back.
(b) That he will have state troopers watch out for him.
(c) To be careful.
(d) To never return.

13. When Mary Oliver receives word of the threat, what does she tell her sons to do?
(a) Gather all of the guns in the house.
(b) Do not talk to Peter.
(c) Run away.
(d) Hide in the basement.

14. What does Peter think about the people who follow Stephen Gaskin?
(a) They are foolish.
(b) They are brave.
(c) They are cowardly.
(d) They are wise.

15. 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 the road is closed.
(b) That Peter dropped his wallet.
(c) That Peter is a drug-dealing Yankee and that he will kill Peter.
(d) That Peter should watch out for hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the bootleggers dislike Peter?

2. What is "butcher night" as referred to in Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 16, what does the oldest Oliver son tell the bootleggers?

4. In Chapter 25, what surprises Peter when he enters the diner?

5. Where does Peter go to work while living in Murphy?

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