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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Colin wake to a week later?
(a) A loud bang coming from the barn.
(b) The ring of his cell phone.
(c) The sound of someone yelling in the backyard.
(d) The sound of a rooster and Hassan praying.

2. Where does Colin really go?
(a) To Lindsey's secret cave.
(b) To put a black snake in the other Colin's car.
(c) To call Katherine XIX and tell her he's over her.
(d) To the basement.

3. What may Hollis be doing that is illegal?
(a) Hiring illegal aliens.
(b) Not paying social security on Hassan and Colin's wages.
(c) Disposing of trash in a field.
(d) Tax evasion.

4. Where does Hollis drive after visiting the factory?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Paducah.

5. Why does Lindsey teach Colin what she teaches him?
(a) Just to give him an experience he's never had.
(b) He is curious about the gears.
(c) So he is not embarrassed the next weekend.
(d) So he can hang a swing over the creek for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Colin and Hassan find as they keep walking?

2. What does Lindsey think was a way of Hollis raising money?

3. What do Colin and Lindsey drink when Lindsey shows him the secret?

4. What creature does Lindsey say she is similar to when Colin and she are talking in the cave?

5. How many days have Colin and Hassan been in Gutshot when they wake in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Colin and Lindsey go on their "date"?

2. What does Lindsey say she thinks she can fix for Colin?

3. What do Colin and Hassan witness in the cemetery?

4. What does Hassan admit to Colin about Katrina?

5. What conversation do Lindsey and Colin overhear when they arrive home?

6. How does Hollis explain Roy's actions with the bulldozer?

7. What sounds does Colin wake to a week after Hassan has a beer with Lindsey?

8. What stories does Colin tell Lindsey and what do they do before leaving the cave?

9. What will happen between Colin and Lindsey according to Colin's theorem?

10. Why does Hassan say he is not going to work that Thursday?

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