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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 disappointing news does Janine learn about Walt?
(a) He has cancer
(b) He has three children
(c) He is broke
(d) He wants an annullment

2. Where did Miles go to college?
(a) Princeton
(b) St. Luke's College
(c) Yale
(d) Harvard

3. Where is John Voss at this point in time?
(a) The mental hospital in Augusta
(b) Transferred to a different school
(c) In foster care
(d) Prison in Portland

4. Where have Miles and Tick spent the winter recuperating?
(a) Martha's Vineyard
(b) Nantucket
(c) Bangor
(d) Kennebunkport

5. What does Walt tell Bea she should buy for the bar?
(a) Wireless Internet
(b) New pinball games
(c) A new jukebox
(d) A wide-screen TV

Short Answer Questions

1. What is stuck in Janine's car as she tries to drive away from Tick?

2. No one has heard from John Voss since _________________________.

3. At what table do Tick and John Voss sit every day?

4. What is a rumor buzzing around Empire Falls lately?

5. Who is sending the anonymous notes to Principal Meyer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Cite the three things that Tick notes have happened all in one day.

2. What are the events that occur when Principal Meyer visits John Voss' house?

3. Describe Sunday afternoons in Bea's bar.

4. What are the possible implications now that Miles knows that C.B. Whiting was also Charlie Mayne?

5. What is the scenario of Miles in the hospital at the beginning of Part 4, Chapter 31?

6. Who is Bill Taylor?

7. What is the metaphor of John Voss dragging his grandmother's body to the dump?

8. Describe the scenario of John Voss coming into the classroom with a revolver.

9. What were the two areas of focus in Grace's life as she got older?

10. What further details does Max reveal to Miles about Grace's affair with C.B. Whiting that summer long ago?

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