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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. Why did Edgar dislike Randy's father?
(a) he lost a lot of money
(b) he humiliated him in a poker game
(c) he put his money in the other bank in town
(d) he dated Edgar's wife before they were married

2. What does Dan do when Randy tells him about Mark's premonition?
(a) gets drunk
(b) decides to go to the city and get surgigal instruments
(c) writes war prescriptions
(d) kills himself

3. How does Helen feel when she leaves Mark?
(a) like a deserter
(b) excited
(c) like a bad woman
(d) happy

4. Who is Edgar Quisenberry?
(a) president of the bank
(b) Randy's uncle
(c) a general in the Air Force
(d) owns the grocery store

5. What does Florence Wechek do for work?
(a) librarian
(b) hairdresser
(c) Western Union manager
(d) truck driver

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Randy on the morning when the book begins?

2. When was the First National Bank in Ft. Repose built?

3. What kind of books does Kitty Offenhaus tell Alice to remove from the library?

4. What is Randy wearing as he stands outside with his binoculars?

5. What does the government of the United States declare on the radio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of encounter does Randy have with Florence and Alice after he is alone the evening of his errands to town?

2. What does "the Day" designate and how important is it to the people of Ft. Repose?

3. What does Mark do after his family leaves for Orlando before he reports to work?

4. What does Dan say about Peyton's eyes and what does he do about them?

5. What does Bill McGovern say to Randy about his warning from Mark?

6. Where does Randy find Dan and what happens?

7. Who are the Bragg brothers and what are they both doing at the beginning of the book?

8. Who is Florence Wechek and what is discovered about her at the beginning of the book?

9. What happens when Mark's flight arrives at McCoy?

10. What does Edgar Quisenberry do and how does he feel about it?

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