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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the justice of the peace that calls Harris in Book Three?
(a) Jacob Murray.
(b) Glen Patacki.
(c) Don Cunko.
(d) John Harris.

2. What word from Book Three means a wild and noisy disorder or confusion?
(a) Anymosity.
(b) Pandemonium.
(c) Accoutrement.
(d) Increment.

3. How does Isaac escape the cop when he is chased in Book Three?
(a) He steals a police car.
(b) He shoots the cop in the knee.
(c) He jumps on a train car.
(d) He jumps a fence.

4. What is Poe's punishment for fighting with his cell-mate in Book Four?
(a) An additional 3 years to his sentence.
(b) Solitary confinement.
(c) He must clean the bathrooms.
(d) He must clean the cafeteria.

5. How does the wife of the local wealthy businessman regard Grace when they meet at the bar in Book Four?
(a) With sympathy.
(b) With disgust.
(c) With envy.
(d) With complete disregard.

6. How does Isaac manage to lose the cops in the beginning of Book Four?
(a) He steals a car.
(b) He catches a bus out of the area.
(c) He catches a train out of the area.
(d) He crosses the river by boat.

7. What does Grace hand over to Harris in the end of Book Four?
(a) All of her money.
(b) Virgil's ring.
(c) Poe's weapons.
(d) Simon's checkbook.

8. Who does Lee plan to ask for money to help locate Isaac in Book Three?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Simon.
(c) Henry.
(d) Hicks.

9. Who does the gang that Poe has been hanging out with in prison ask him to beat up in Book Three?
(a) A black inmate.
(b) Harris.
(c) Tucker.
(d) A guard.

10. Whom does Lee's father tell her not to trust in Book Three?
(a) Murray.
(b) Isaac.
(c) Poe.
(d) Hicks.

11. From where has Poe's cell-mate in prison just returned in Book Four?
(a) A parole hearing.
(b) The prison library.
(c) Solitary confinement.
(d) A meeting with his lawyer.

12. Whom does Grace blame for not being a better father to Poe in Book Three?
(a) Hicks.
(b) Simon.
(c) Lee.
(d) Virgil.

13. What is the bar that Grace goes to in Book Four to forget her troubles?
(a) The Dead End.
(b) The White Horse.
(c) Rego's.
(d) The Chimes.

14. What does Poe make from cloth his first day in prison in Book Three?
(a) A belt.
(b) A scarf.
(c) A head-wrap.
(d) Shoes.

15. Where does Harris go to meet the justice of the peace in Book Three?
(a) At his home.
(b) On his boat.
(c) On his plane.
(d) At his office.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harris's friends at the bar work previously in Book Four?

2. Who are the friends that Harris meets at the bar in Book Four?

3. What is Poe's first name?

4. What word from Book Four refers to a person without a home, job, or property?

5. Where does Isaac go in order to stash the items he steals from the store in Book Four?

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