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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Isaac's father's former profession?
(a) He was a butcher.
(b) He was a steelworker.
(c) He was a coal miner.
(d) He was a professor.

2. Where has Poe been stabbed when he returns home from the car factory in Book One?
(a) His neck.
(b) His arm.
(c) His chest.
(d) His leg.

3. What does Poe take with him when he goes into the woods from his house in Book Two?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A knife.
(c) His old dog.
(d) A handgun.

4. Who steps up as an eyewitness that claims he can identify the murderer in Book Two?
(a) Don Cunko.
(b) Murray Clark.
(c) Steve Ho.
(d) John Hicks.

5. What word from Book Two refers to a person who believes in the doctrine of free will?
(a) Libertarian.
(b) Anglican.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Anarchist.

6. How is Poe's physique described in Book One?
(a) He is tall and skinny.
(b) He is tall and muscular.
(c) He is short and fat.
(d) He is small and wispy.

7. What evidence does Harris find and hide at the crime scene in Book One?
(a) Poe's jacket.
(b) Isaac's backpack.
(c) Poe's watch.
(d) Isaac's shoe.

8. What does Isaac realize he left at the murder scene in Book One?
(a) His wallet.
(b) His watch.
(c) His jacket.
(d) His backpack.

9. Of what crime does Harris know his friend on the city council that is being investigated to be guilty?
(a) Theft.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Murder.
(d) Robbery.

10. What is Daryl Foster spraypainting on a wall when Isaac encounters him in Book Two?
(a) A Nietzsche quote.
(b) A Thoreau quote.
(c) A swastika.
(d) His initials.

11. How many of his full-time officers is Harris facing laying off due to budget shortages in Book Two?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

12. How did Isaac try to kill himself?
(a) By hanging.
(b) By overdose.
(c) By gas inhalation.
(d) By drowning.

13. What does Isaac use to commit the murder in Book One?
(a) A hammer.
(b) A dagger.
(c) A ball bearing.
(d) A gun.

14. What industry at the heart of the hometown where Isaac and Poe live?
(a) A steel mill.
(b) An ironworks.
(c) A brick factory.
(d) A lumber mill.

15. Who among the drifters that appear at the car factory is described as a seven-foot-tall Swede?
(a) Otto.
(b) Murray.
(c) Clay.
(d) Hans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoves his hands into Poe's pants during the fight at the car factory in Book One?

2. Where did Harris encounter Virgil in the act of stealing?

3. What does Grace dream of doing in Book One?

4. What sport did Poe excell at in high school?

5. Where is Poe taken after he is booked and fingerprinted in Book Two?

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