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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Pete and his brother hear about the war that is tearing their country apart?
(a) From the Internet.
(b) From the radio.
(c) From the newspaper.
(d) From the television.

2. Who shoots Abner Snope?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His boss.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

3. How old is the young boy to whom Sam Fathers is telling his life story?
(a) 8 years old.
(b) 10 years old.
(c) 12 years old.
(d) 14 years old.

4. Which of the following vehicles does Uncle Willy crash, killing himself?
(a) A car.
(b) A train.
(c) A boat.
(d) An airplane.

5. What vegetable is Abner Snope ordered to use to pay back his debts?
(a) Peppers.
(b) Corn.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Tomatoes.

6. When Res Grier is waiting for his friend to return from fox hunting, how late is he when he finally arrives at work?
(a) Four hours late.
(b) Six hours late.
(c) Two hours late.
(d) Eight hours late.

7. Who is responsible for the mysterious deaths of the chief and all his successors?
(a) Sam Feathers.
(b) Doom.
(c) Pappy.
(d) Lo.

8. To which city does Pete travel in order to enlist in the Army?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Louisville.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Baton Rouge.

9. What request does Pappy make of Doom when Doom returns to his tribe?
(a) To be set free of his tribe.
(b) To be made chief.
(c) To be married.
(d) To be made a warrior.

10. After he left his tribe, where did Doom settle?
(a) In Austin.
(b) In Seattle.
(c) In New Orleans.
(d) In San Francisco.

11. What animal does Res Grier try to sell in order to settle his debts with his co-workers?
(a) A dog.
(b) A horse.
(c) A cow.
(d) A goat.

12. Why does the president decide to hold a "mock trial" for the Indian chief's nephew?
(a) To fool the Indians into thinking that he understands the law.
(b) To get the Indians off his land.
(c) To appease the townsfolk.
(d) To punish the nephew to the fullest extent of the law.

13. Which of the following facts about Uncle Willy is NOT true?
(a) He has three sons.
(b) He is a drug addict.
(c) He lives in Memphis.
(d) He is married to a prostitute.

14. What devastating fact does Pappy find out about the black woman he is in love with?
(a) She is already married.
(b) She is barren.
(c) She is racist.
(d) She does not love him.

15. When Doom wants to settle an argument between two men in his tribe, what engineering challenge does he create?
(a) A bridge-building competition.
(b) A teepee-building competition.
(c) A boat-building competition.
(d) A fence-building competition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following relatives does Elly live with in the story "Elly"?

2. What animal does Doom kill using a salt he has brought back from the white man's land?

3. What part of the black men's clothing did Lucius Provine burn when he was a child?

4. What is the name of Abner Snope's only son?

5. What is the name of the company Captain Warren pilots for in the story "Death Drag"?

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