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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 never return.
(d) To be careful.

5. Why does Peter not set up his tent in Chapter 24?
(a) He wants to experience the great outdoors.
(b) He is tired.
(c) He is lazy.
(d) He is spooked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the bootleggers threaten the Oliver family in Chapter 15?

2. In Chapter 26, Who is Miss Margaret?

3. Where is Peter at the beginning of Chapter 24?

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

5. Why does Peter have the emotions he is feeling at the beginning of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the act of nature that occurs in Murphy in Chapter 17. How does Mary Elizabeth react?

2. How does being on the Farm influence Peter in a positive way?

3. In Chapter 23 Peter meets a family while walking. What does the family do for him, and how does this change his opinion on Alabama?

4. In Chapter 22 there is a terrible accident. Describe this event.

5. In Chapter 13, Peter meets a sheriff. Describe their interaction.

6. Describe the altercation Peter is involved in during Chapter 24 and how it is resolved.

7. Describe Governor Wallace and what Peter thinks about him in.

8. How is the accident in Chapter 22 going to change Peter's journey?

9. In Chapters 15 and 16, Peter finds himself isolated from the men at work. What causes this rift?

10. Describe Peter's church experience while living with the Oliver family in Chapter 13.

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