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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Poe do to his car when he gets home in Book Two?
(a) He drives it off a cliff.
(b) He changes the oil.
(c) He washes it.
(d) She shoots a gun at it.

2. How is Isaac's physicality described in the narrative?
(a) Small and wispy.
(b) Short and fat.
(c) Tall and muscular.
(d) Tall and fat.

3. Who shoves his hands into Poe's pants during the fight at the car factory in Book One?
(a) Murray.
(b) Juan.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Otto.

4. What word from Book Two refers to a thing that is necessary for the achievement to an ends?
(a) Convolution.
(b) Obstacle.
(c) Requisite.
(d) Inherent.

5. In what town has Isaac grown up?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Hendrix.
(d) Buell.

6. What did Harris catch Virgil stealing previously?
(a) Clothing.
(b) A dump truck.
(c) Copper wire.
(d) A car.

7. What is Poe's intention in going to the woods in the beginning of Book Two?
(a) To hunt deer.
(b) To meet Isaac.
(c) To run away.
(d) To kill himself.

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

9. How are Baron's friends described in Book Two?
(a) Yuppies.
(b) Hippies.
(c) Junkies.
(d) Dixies.

10. How old is Isaac English in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 22.
(b) 21.
(c) 26.
(d) 20.

11. Whom does Isaac kill at the car factory?
(a) Otto.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Murray.
(d) Virgil.

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

13. Where is Poe taken by van to a prison after he's been booked in Book Two?
(a) Groversville.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Fayette.
(d) Clark.

14. Who has agreed to hire a nurse for Lee's father?
(a) Henry.
(b) Simon.
(c) Murray.
(d) Otto.

15. Where does Isaac go to sleep after going to the murder scene in Book Two?
(a) To a car lot.
(b) To the forest.
(c) To a cemetery.
(d) To a warehouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harris warn Poe NOT to do when he releases him from the jail in Book Two?

2. Who is Lee's husband?

3. What evidence does Harris find and hide at the crime scene in Book One?

4. What did Poe use in the past to beat a boy up until he had brain damage?

5. What is the name of Poe's father?

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