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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Peter have the emotions he is feeling at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Because he is sad his friend died.
(b) Because he is alone after being around family.
(c) Because he is no longer poor.
(d) Because he is enjoying his trip.

3. What natural disaster strikes Murphy in Chapter 18?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) A tornado.

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

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

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

7. How does Governor Wallace shock Peter?
(a) Governor Wallace is friendly.
(b) Governor Wallace is mean.
(c) Governor Wallace is racist.
(d) Governor Wallace has an adopted child.

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

14. In Chapter 26, Who is Miss Margaret?
(a) An actress.
(b) The store clerk.
(c) A teacher.
(d) M.C.'s wife.

15. When Chapter 22 opens, where is Peter working?
(a) In a grocery store.
(b) At a McDonalds.
(c) At the Farm.
(d) At a mill.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Peter feel when he leaves M.C's place?

2. In Chapter 19, Peter plans to travel to a location in Tennessee. How is this location described?

3. In Chapter 24, a pickup truck pulls over to Peter. Who is driving the truck?

4. What are Cooper and Peter doing at the start of Chapter 21?

5. Why does M.C. startle Peter?

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