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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Poe use in the past to beat a boy up until he had brain damage?
(a) A baseball bat.
(b) A hammer.
(c) Brass knuckles.
(d) A golf club.

2. What did Harris do when he caught Virgil stealing previously?
(a) He had him charged with additional crimes.
(b) He beat him up.
(c) He let him go.
(d) He put him in jail for 30 days.

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

4. Who among the drifters at the car factory is described as a smaller Mexican man?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Juan.
(c) Jorge.
(d) Jack.

5. What do Isaac and Poe agree to do when they return to the car factory after the murder in Book One?
(a) Burn down the factory and hide all the evidence.
(b) Kill themselves.
(c) Submerge the body in the river and retrieve the evidence.
(d) Call the police and turn themselves in.

6. How does Isaac escape when he and Poe are initially confronted by the vagrants in the car factory?
(a) He claims he has a phone call.
(b) He claims he has epilepsy.
(c) He claims he has a car outside.
(d) He claims he has to urinate.

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

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

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

10. Who is Bud Harris's young partner?
(a) Joe Klein.
(b) Murray.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Steve Ho.

11. What word from Book One refers to the path followed by a flying object moving under the action of given forces?
(a) Moratorium.
(b) Trajectory.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Appenditure.

12. Who comes to lock Poe up in the jail in the woods in Book Two?
(a) Steve Ho.
(b) Henry.
(c) Simon.
(d) Harris.

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

14. How did Isaac's mother die?
(a) She was executed.
(b) She committed suicide.
(c) She was in a car accident.
(d) She was murdered.

15. Why does Isaac return to the murder scene in Book Two?
(a) To get his jacket.
(b) To meet Harris.
(c) To meet Poe.
(d) To get his backpack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Isaac realize he left at the murder scene in Book One?

3. What did Harris catch Virgil stealing previously?

4. What word from Book Two refers to a thing that is necessary for the achievement to an ends?

5. What word from Book One refers to a temporary prohibition of activity?

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