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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter want from Governor Wallace?
(a) Money.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) An honest answer.
(d) A set of new clothes.

2. How does Peter feel when he leaves M.C's place?
(a) As fondly of M.C. as he does Homer and the Oliver family.
(b) He loves Alabama.
(c) He detests M.C. as much as he does the racists he encounters.
(d) He detests Alabama.

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

4. What is "butcher night" as referred to in Chapter 15?
(a) The annual cow slaughter.
(b) The night the butcher's party in the town.
(c) Saturday night.
(d) A full moon.

5. At the end of Chapter 22 when Peter leaves the Farm, how does Peter feel?
(a) Determined.
(b) Happy.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Alone.

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

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

8. In Chapter 13, what must Peter do in order to live with the Oliver family?
(a) Wash the dishes.
(b) Find a job.
(c) Clean the chicken coops.
(d) Go to church.

9. Where is Peter leaving at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) New York.
(b) His house.
(c) Portland.
(d) Murphy.

10. 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 burn the Oliver home down.
(c) They will murder the Oliver family.
(d) They tell Mr. Oliver if he doesn't ask Peter to leave, they will kill Peter and Cooper.

11. At the Farm Peter meets many people, why does Peter never meet Stephen Gaskin?
(a) Stephen is in jail.
(b) Peter has no time to meet Stephen.
(c) No one can meet Stephen.
(d) Stephen does not want to meet Peter.

12. What code does Peter use to describe Alabama?
(a) TAA.
(b) CAB.
(c) BOB.
(d) FAA.

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

14. What is Peter planning at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) His wedding.
(b) A surprise party for Stephen Gaskin.
(c) His departure from the Farm.
(d) A vacation.

15. In Chapter 14, who is Preacher?
(a) An altar boy.
(b) One of the Oliver family.
(c) A priest.
(d) A man who gives Peter rides to work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the guests at the celebration get along with each other?

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

3. In Chapter 21, what does Cooper not like?

4. At the end of Chapter 25, Peter goes to a restaurant and meets a black man. Where did the black man send his children to school?

5. What room does Peter stay in while at M.C.'s house?

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