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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alex discover Matthias lied about buying from Mr. Swopes?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Pineapples.
(c) Apples.
(d) Cherimoya.

2. What does Raoul say oncologists face every day?
(a) Sad families.
(b) Failure.
(c) Victory.
(d) Hospital boards.

3. A banner for what sports team hangs over Woody's bed in the Swopes' house?
(a) Brewers.
(b) Yankees.
(c) Cardinals.
(d) Padres.

4. How many people live in La Vista?
(a) 5,072.
(b) 1,907.
(c) 350.
(d) 10,011.

5. By what artist does Alex say the face of the waitress at the restaurant where he and Ezra meet looks as though it were painted by?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Vermeer.
(c) Modigliani.
(d) Matisse.

6. What kind of dog does Ezra have?
(a) Saint Bernard.
(b) Lhasa Apso.
(c) Labrador.
(d) Golden Retriever.

7. What does Alex carry up his sleeve as he sneaks into the Retreat?
(a) Flashlight.
(b) Knife.
(c) Crowbar.
(d) Bolt cutters.

8. What kind of car does Alex encounter as he leaves the Retreat after sneaking in?
(a) Corvette.
(b) Seville.
(c) Suburban.
(d) VW.

9. What is Nona giving Woody for his fever?
(a) Ice water.
(b) Herbs.
(c) Tylenol.
(d) Vitamin C.

10. What does Doug suggest Nona give Woody to eat?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Soup.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Cereal.

11. How does Alex describe Doug's eyes when he bursts into the trailer?
(a) Lasers.
(b) Dead.
(c) Ice.
(d) Black holes.

12. What does Alex tie the guard up with?
(a) A jump rope.
(b) Rope.
(c) The guard's clothing.
(d) Clothes line.

13. What is the name of the restaurant where Alex and Ezra meet to talk?
(a) Ray's.
(b) Denny's.
(c) Anita's.
(d) Oceanside.

14. Who once called the cherimoya fruit "deliciousness of deliciousness?"
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Garland Swopes.
(d) Ezra Maimon.

15. What does the sign on the gates to the Retreat say?
(a) The Retreat.
(b) The Touch.
(c) There is no sign.
(d) Enter and Be Refreshed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Raoul barge in on to demand the arrest of the Touch for the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Swope?

2. Who does Houten say got the county to seal off the back road Alex notices on the county map in the La Vista police station?

3. What does Ezra say is the mainstay of his horticultural business?

4. What does Alex say Swopes' greenhouse looks like in comparison to Ezra's?

5. What kind of food does Ezra say he doesn't eat?

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