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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Peter go to work while living in Murphy?
(a) The post office.
(b) The veneer mill.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A pastry shop.

2. In Chapter 19, Peter decides to head to his next location, how does he hear of this place?
(a) An email.
(b) Through people he encounters on his trip.
(c) A phone call.
(d) An ad in the paper.

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

4. In Chapter 21, what does Cooper not like?
(a) The taste of chicken.
(b) The Farm.
(c) Walking.
(d) The woods.

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

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

7. How do people treat Peter and Cooper at the Farm?
(a) They fear him.
(b) They welcome him.
(c) They laugh at him.
(d) They despise him.

8. How do the guests at the celebration get along with each other?
(a) Everyone hates each other.
(b) They ignore one another.
(c) Everyone gets along very well.
(d) There was no celebration.

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

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

11. Who attends the celebration at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Peter's family.
(b) Peter's roommate.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) The president.

12. 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?
(a) His children went to private school.
(b) His children went to school out of state.
(c) His children did not go to school.
(d) His children went to public school.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural disaster strikes Murphy in Chapter 18?

2. In Chapter 13, where does Peter meet the Oliver brothers?

3. 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?

4. At the end of Chapter 14 Peter receives his first pay check. How much is it?

5. In Chapter 23, Peter is debating traveling to which two states?

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