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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Book One refers to a temporary prohibition of activity?
(a) Moratorium.
(b) Enclosure.
(c) Citation.
(d) Addendum.

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

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

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

5. How is Poe's car described in the narrative?
(a) Old and rusty.
(b) Shiny and seductive.
(c) Rugged and hardy.
(d) Freshly refinished.

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

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

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

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

10. How does Lee describe her marriage in Book One?
(a) Exciting.
(b) Happy.
(c) Over.
(d) Unhappy.

11. What does Baron teach Isaac to do in Book Two?
(a) Hop a train.
(b) Sharpen a knife.
(c) Pickpocket.
(d) Shoot a gun.

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

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

14. How does Isaac make his way out of town when he first disappears in Book Two?
(a) By car.
(b) By taxi.
(c) On foot.
(d) By bus.

15. What does Harris warn Poe to do when he releases him from jail in Book Two?
(a) Tell his mother the truth.
(b) Hide his knife.
(c) Hide his guns.
(d) Burn his shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of evidence does Poe realize he left at the scene of the murder in Book One?

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

3. How does Isaac know Daryl Foster?

4. How old is Isaac English in the beginning of the novel?

5. Who is the teen that leads the pack that beats up Isaac in Book Two?

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