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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. The story is about a preacher that the people want to be what?
(a) Older.
(b) Dead.
(c) Younger.
(d) A teacher, instead.

2. Toward morning, who appears at the back door of the Mission House?
(a) Burl Allen.
(b) Miss Alice.
(c) Bird's-Eye.
(d) David.

3. What horrible thing happens to Tom McHone?
(a) He falls off a cliff.
(b) He dies of a fever.
(c) He is stabbed.
(d) He is shot.

4. Who once dated Mr. Taylor?
(a) Christy.
(b) Ida.
(c) Opal.
(d) Miss Alice.

5. Zady Spencer is afraid of what?
(a) Water.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Fire.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom McHone has a financial crisis in that his wife, Opal, has pernicious what?

2. On her way back to Cutter Gap, Christy heads to Knoxville for her visit with Hazen Smith and Mrs. Toliver of the what club?

3. Fairlight has a fear of what?

4. They all decide that Tom's best chance of survival is to get to what before dawn?

5. Bird's-Eye comes into the cabin to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things is David uncertain about in Chapters 29 and 30 and how do those things cause Christy to be unsure?

2. Should David have gotten the US Marshals involved in finding the moonshine stills, even though it made him a target?

3. Why is Christy upset with Dr. MacNeill over the whole incident involving the blockaders?

4. Do you agree with Christy accusing Dr. MacNeill of knowing that Tom was shot by Birds-Eye because Tom had decided to change sides because of Dr. MacNeill's visit to the McHones? Why or why not?

5. Explain David's decree about women and guns and whether or not you agree with it.

6. Summarize Miss Alice's history.

7. What is Opal's approach to handling Birds-Eye and his men?

8. Explain how David alerting the US Marshals comes back to haunt him with regard to the incidents of Prince's tail and the church pulpit, in chapters 23 and 34.

9. Explain why David is initially opposed to Ruby Mae's marriage.

10. Explain how Fairlight's religious beliefs seemed to differ from, yet compare to, other residents of the Gap.

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