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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mike tell Mattie he will do that night?
(a) Watch over her trailer.
(b) Babysit for Kyra.
(c) Come to her.
(d) Write a poem for her.

2. Which of the following does Mike NOT hear when he returns home after giving his deposition?
(a) A child crying.
(b) The hum of the air conditioner.
(c) The bell around Bunter's neck ringing.
(d) A woman's shrieks.

3. What does Mike note about the refrigerator magnets when he comes inside after a swim?
(a) The letters are all jumbled.
(b) The magnets are gone.
(c) All the "K" letters are missing.
(d) The letters are on one side and the fruits and vegetables are on the other.

4. What does Mike see written on his napkin at the restaurant?
(a) Murderer.
(b) Get Off the TR.
(c) Come Again Soon.
(d) Whoremaster.

5. Mike sees an inordinate amount of the letters K and ______________ in the phone book.
(a) M.
(b) W.
(c) S.
(d) C.

6. Who is John Shackleford?
(a) A character in Mike's new book.
(b) Mike's travel agent.
(c) A local deputy sheriff.
(d) The owner of a bait shop.

7. What does Mike struggle to get into at the beginning of Chapter 27?
(a) A locked bedroom.
(b) Jo's studio.
(c) His car.
(d) The shed.

8. In the car, John plays a cassette of _______________ voice for Mike to hear.
(a) Mattie's.
(b) Bill's.
(c) Rogette's.
(d) Romeo's.

9. What does Mike tell Rogette he will do if he ever sees her on the street?
(a) Use her for a shot put.
(b) Spit on her.
(c) Kiss her on the lips.
(d) Kick her all the way to next Tuesday.

10. How does Mike end up in the lake near the Street?
(a) He walks in to get cooled off.
(b) He dives in.
(c) He slips and falls while walking too close to the water.
(d) Max pushes him with his wheelchair.

11. Who holds Mattie as she dies?
(a) Mike.
(b) George.
(c) John.
(d) Kyra.

12. Mike throws away the kitchen clock shaped like a/an __________________.
(a) Apple.
(b) Sun.
(c) Stove.
(d) Cat.

13. How does Mike feel at the news of Devore's death?
(a) Glad.
(b) Confused.
(c) Devastated.
(d) Upset.

14. Jared Devore's ghost tells Mike that he and his friends killed Sara and her son because _______________________.
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She fired a white girl in her club.
(c) She dared to stand up to them.
(d) Her son short changed a white boy.

15. What does Mattie share with Mike during their picnic?
(a) She is in love with John.
(b) There are alphabet magnet messages on her refrigerator.
(c) Kyra has seen a ghost in her room.
(d) She helped kill Max.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mike know is hurting Jo in Jo's studio?

2. What color is the shorts outfit that Mattie wears to the picnic?

3. What is Kyra doing when Mike returns to the cabin?

4. Who warns Mike about stirring things up in town?

5. Whom does Mike encounter as he takes an after dinner walk?

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