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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who jumps on the back of Mr. Patterson's truck?
(a) Dan.
(b) Robish.
(c) Ralphie.
(d) Griffin.

2. Where are Dan and Cindy to go the next morning?
(a) To the bank to withdraw cash.
(b) Nowhere.
(c) Off to work as usual.
(d) To the fast food joint to buy breakfast.

3. What is communicated in a letter received by the police?
(a) Ransome demands.
(b) That a family will be harmed if any attempts are made to capture the escaped convicts.
(c) An apology from Griffin for being in a no-win situation.
(d) A list of grievances about prison conditions.

4. What does the person want?
(a) To ask about any suspicious people in the neighborhood.
(b) To see if Dan is home.
(c) A check for garbage collection.
(d) To sell a vacuum cleaner.

5. What does Mr. Patterson do after peeking in the garage?
(a) Makes a note.
(b) Gets his gun out of the car.
(c) Pounds on the back door.
(d) Calls the police on his cell phone.

6. What does Ralphie's teacher do about Ralphie?
(a) Asks him if he feels alright.
(b) Has him write 100 times "I must write with better penmanship."
(c) Goes to visit the Hilliard's home.
(d) Reprimands him for being tardy.

7. What do the police share with Bard?
(a) Coffee and doughnuts.
(b) A bulletproof vest.
(c) An anonymous letter.
(d) Their riot equipment.

8. What is Cindy doing?
(a) Talking to Chuck on the phone.
(b) Talking to her parents.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Watching Ralphie sleep.

9. What does Bard order?
(a) Helicoptor an swat team support.
(b) An end to police patrols.
(c) Four more FBI agents to the scene.
(d) A long-range sniper rifle.

10. With what does Hank not want to be stuck?
(a) The burned leftovers from lunch.
(b) The gun that only shoots one bullet at a time.
(c) A murder rap because of Robish killing Mr. Patterson.
(d) The grey getaway car which is hot.

11. What is the motive that the police determine for Mr. Patterson's murder?
(a) He kills himself.
(b) A cult ritual.
(c) Robbery.
(d) They can determine no motive.

12. What does Carson call and tell Bard?
(a) That Robish shoots and kills a bank teller.
(b) That Hank robbed a bank.
(c) That Dan is ready to confess.
(d) That Hank has been shot and killed trying to steal a car with a gun registered to Dan Hilliard.

13. What does Eleanor beg of Dan?
(a) To escape and go get the police.
(b) To talk to Griffin about keeping Cindy safe.
(c) To try to get the children out of the house.
(d) Not to do anything risky.

14. Why is Dan outraged?
(a) That Eleanor has a bruise over one eye.
(b) That his family will have to endure this nightmare for an extended period of time.
(c) That Griffin plans to take Cindy with them.
(d) That Ralphie was not allowed any lunch.

15. Besides peeking into the garage, what else does Mr. Patterson do?
(a) Tells Eleanor in code that help is coming.
(b) Takes note of the disarray in the house.
(c) Tries to get Dan to come outside to talk.
(d) Flattens the tires of the car in the garage.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dan act when he arrives home?

2. Who spends the day home with the criminals?

3. Why do tensions begin to flare?

4. What dismays Ralphie's teacher?

5. When will the money be available?

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