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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Isaac go to attend to his hygiene after stealing items from the store in Book Four?
(a) To a gas station bathroom.
(b) To a hotel.
(c) To a stream.
(d) To his girlfriend's apartment.

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

3. Where does Poe hang out with the prison group that is coddling him in Book Three?
(a) In the wrecking yard.
(b) At their field camp.
(c) On the roof of the prison.
(d) On the weight rack outside.

4. What is the name of Poe's cell-mate in prison?
(a) Henry.
(b) Tucker.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Simon.

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

6. How is the group that is coddling Isaac described in Book Three?
(a) As junkies and addicts.
(b) As intellectuals.
(c) As white supremacists.
(d) As artists.

7. Where do Grace and Harris meet in the end of Book Four?
(a) At a hotel room.
(b) At Harris's home.
(c) At Grace's home.
(d) At Lee's home.

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

9. Why is Isaac unable to retrieve his pack in the beginning of Book Four?
(a) A forest fire has erupted.
(b) It's fallen into the river.
(c) It is too foggy to see.
(d) There are police everywhere.

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

11. Where does Grace say Virgil is when Harris comes to visit her in Book Three?
(a) Long gone.
(b) At the laundromat.
(c) At his mother's house.
(d) At the grocery store.

12. What does the justice of the peace warn Harris about when they meet in Book Three?
(a) Harris's relationship with Grace.
(b) The investigation of Steve Ho.
(c) Harris's friendship with Murray.
(d) His wife's adultery.

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

14. With whom does Grace have an intimate encounter with in the beginning of Book Three?
(a) Harris.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Henry.
(d) Hicks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Lee plan to ask for money to help locate Isaac in Book Three?

2. How is the cafeteria at the prison segregated?

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

4. What word from Book Three means a wild and noisy disorder or confusion?

5. Harris's friends discuss town gossip in Book Four, including criticism of Harris's relationship with whom?

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