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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 13, where does Peter meet the Oliver brothers?
(a) At the general store.
(b) At a basketball game.
(c) At the local fishing hole.
(d) At a bank.

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

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

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

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

6. Where does Peter meet. M.C.?
(a) In a store while buying clothes.
(b) In a country store while writing a postcard.
(c) In a bank while writing a check.
(d) In a restaurant while eating meatloaf.

7. At the end of Chapter 14 Peter receives his first pay check. How much is it?
(a) $1000.25.
(b) $500.00.
(c) $5.00.
(d) $85.50.

8. What does Peter realize at the end of Chapter 20?
(a) That he is happy.
(b) That he is out of money.
(c) That he wants to live at the Farm.
(d) That he doesn't want to be one of Stephen's captives.

9. How does Cooper die?
(a) He is hit by a water truck.
(b) A bear attack.
(c) Defending Peter.
(d) A hunter's rifle.

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

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

12. 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 the road is closed.
(c) That Peter dropped his wallet.
(d) That Peter should watch out for hunters.

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

14. In Chapter 15, who does Peter discover lives in Murphy?
(a) His college roomate's sister.
(b) His great grandfather.
(c) An old friend.
(d) Bootleggers and drug dealers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Governor Wallace shock Peter?

2. At the end of Chapter 22 when Peter leaves the Farm, how does Peter feel?

3. 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?

4. When Mary Oliver receives word of the threat, what does she tell her sons to do?

5. In Chapter 14, who is Preacher?

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