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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 about Marv's quest for vengeance confuses Wendy?
(a) She is afraid of his violent nature.
(b) She does not understand his fear of Roark.
(c) She does not understand why he has killed so many people.
(d) She believes Marv does not owe her sister anything.

2. Why does Marv go to the hardware store in chapter nine?
(a) He has a contact there with guns.
(b) He needs to fix his axe.
(c) He has to pick up supplies.
(d) He is going to have Wendy hide out in the reinforced safe room there.

3. What does Wendy do for Marv before he is electrocuted?
(a) She makes love to him and lets him call her Goldie.
(b) She promises to protect his mother.
(c) She brings him Gladys so that he can choose to commit suicide.
(d) She brings him the cross he always wore around his neck.

4. According to Marv, what led him to discover one of his biggest fears in his life?
(a) He was nearly buried alive as a teenager.
(b) He was abandoned in the woods by his father.
(c) He was attacked by a wolf.
(d) He was tied to a tree at night as a child.

5. What does Marv unthinkingly attempt to do to Wendy in the hotel room?
(a) Slap her.
(b) Shoot her.
(c) Touch her.
(d) Kiss her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marv realize before being knocked out with the mallet?

2. What does Wendy reveal to Marv about Goldie that helps to link Roark and Kevin together?

3. What does Marve realize about the guards outside of Roark's home?

4. Why is Marv determined to go after Roark?

5. How does Marv finally open the door at the farmhouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marv enjoy the rain so much?

2. How was Marv coerced into signing the confession?

3. What happens to Lucille at the end of Chapter 7 and why?

4. Why does Wendy question Marv's motivations in finding Goldie's killer and what is his reply?

5. What repercussions is Marv aware that he will face after he takes care of Roark?

6. What was Roark's relationship to Kevin?

7. Describe the supplies Marv brings to the farm.

8. Why does Lucille knock Marv unconscious outside the farmhouse?

9. What happened to Lucille in Chapter 6?

10. What does the construction of the room in which Lucille and Marv are being held suggest about its intended purpose?

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