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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 illness does Alex come down with?
(a) Headache.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Influenza.
2. What years is on Volume 1 of Mr. Swopes' ledgers?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1971.
3. What does Raoul agree to in order for him to leave La Vista?
(a) Waiving his fines.
(b) Probation.
(c) Alex searching the Touch's Retreat.
(d) A written apology from Matthias.
4. Who does Houten tell Alex died of cancer ten years ago?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His wife.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.
5. Who tells Raoul about the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Swopes?
(a) Alex.
(b) Helen.
(c) Beverly.
(d) The police.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Nona offer Alex if he'll just leave her alone?
2. What method did Houten's daughter use to commit suicide?
3. What is Nona giving Woody for his fever?
4. Where does Alex find Richard Moody's body?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Doug feel he, Nona, and Woody are a family?
2. What is Alex's initial impression of the Touch's Retreat?
3. What do Mr. Swopes' ledgers indicate his wife's role was in his incestuous relationship with Nona?
4. Why does Alex set aside the magazine he's reading while he waits for Ezra to speak with Raoul?
5. Why doesn't Nona want to return Woody to the hospital?
6. Who does Nona say took Woody from the hospital and why?
7. Why does Alex say he "craved the balm of denial" as he is leaving the Touch's Retreat?
8. Why does Alex decide that Sheriff Houten isn't the right person for him to go to in order to get straight answers about the Swopes?
9. What condition is Raoul in when Alex goes to pick him up in La Vista, and why is he like that?
10. Why does Alex believe the diagnosis of cancer in their child must have been especially hard on the Swopes?
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