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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the prison guards feel about Poe's cell-mate?
(a) They envy him.
(b) They hate him.
(c) They like him.
(d) They look up to him.

2. What does Isaac use to pay for his and Baron's food at the diner in Book Three?
(a) A bill from the money he stole at Wal-Mart.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A bill from his father's stolen money.
(d) A hot check.

3. The justice of the peace tells Harris in Book Three, "Good deeds will not" what?
(a) "Gain employment."
(b) "Go unrecognized."
(c) "Get you to Heaven."
(d) "Go unpunished."

4. What does Grace do when Harris comes over to talk about Poe's case in Book Three?
(a) She cooks dinner.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She slaps him.
(d) She kicks him out.

5. What does Poe do when the other prisoner demands food from his tray in Book Three?
(a) He calls for a guard.
(b) He gives it to him.
(c) He walks away.
(d) He beats him up.

6. What does the prisoner demand from Poe's tray in Book Three?
(a) A hamburger.
(b) His bacon.
(c) A sausage.
(d) A slice of pizza.

7. Who are the three leaders of the white group at Poe's prison in Book Three?
(a) Hicks, Lee, and Harris.
(b) Black Larry, Dwayne, and Clovis.
(c) Simon, Jack, and Joey.
(d) Virgil, Jacob, and Roger.

8. Harris's friends discuss town gossip in Book Four, including criticism of Harris's relationship with whom?
(a) Anna.
(b) Grace.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Marie.

9. How does Isaac consider committing suicide in Book Four?
(a) By throwing himself in front of a truck.
(b) By drowning in the ocean.
(c) By overdosing on his sister's pills.
(d) By locking himself in a garage with the engine running.

10. What is Poe conflicted about in Book Four?
(a) Whether or not to reveal that Isaac committed the murder.
(b) Whether or not to fire his lawyer.
(c) Whether or not to tell his lawyer he was acting in self-defense.
(d) Whether or not to ask Sarah to marry him.

11. Where did Harris's friends at the bar work previously in Book Four?
(a) At the police headquarters.
(b) At the brick factory.
(c) At the prison.
(d) At the steel mill.

12. In Book Four, Grace wonders whether who would have been a better father to her son?
(a) Harris.
(b) Murray.
(c) Henry.
(d) Simon.

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

14. What store does Isaac go to shop at in Book Four?
(a) Target.
(b) Costco.
(c) K-Mart.
(d) Wal-Mart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which direction is Isaac traveling by train in the beginning of Book Three?

2. Who is the justice of the peace that calls Harris in Book Three?

3. Harris's friends discuss town gossip in Book Four, including criticism that Harris let Poe off too easily several years ago when he'd done what?

4. From where has Poe's cell-mate in prison just returned in Book Four?

5. Whom does Grace blame for not being a better father to Poe in Book Three?

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