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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. Who says, "I've envied you always. Come home, Dolly. Leave decisions to me: that, you see, has been my life"?
(a) The Judge.
(b) Verena.
(c) Collin.
(d) The Sheriff.

2. What object is used for passing around money by the traveling evangelists?
(a) The Holy Bonnett.
(b) The Sacret Scarf.
(c) God's Washline.
(d) The Magic Hat.

3. What is the name of the grocery store in town that Verena does not own?
(a) Johnson Grocery.
(b) Piggly Wiggly.
(c) Early Bird.
(d) Marble Grocery.

4. Who is the warrant of arrest for that the Sheriff brings?
(a) Riley.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Catherine.
(d) Collin.

5. Who accompanies the Sheriff into the woods in Chapter 4?
(a) Harold Johnson.
(b) Wil Harris.
(c) Jack Eason.
(d) Willie Rogers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Verena refer to Dr. Ritz as in Chapter 6?

2. What is scattered about the house boat?

3. Who is the Little Homer's brother, who is with the narrator in the tree in Chapter 6?

4. How much has Verena given to Dr. Ritz for machinery for the old cannery?

5. Who is shot in the battle by the tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sister Ida do after Riley is shot?

2. Where do Collin and Riley go in Chapter 5? Why?

3. What does Little Homer take out in Chapter 6? What does he proceed to do with it?

4. What internal conflict does Dolly face at the end of Chapter 5?

5. Who arrives at the tree house in Chapter 4 to explain the latest events? What does this character relate?

6. What does Dolly tell Verena about shame in Chapter 6?

7. What leads up to Maude's violin serenade in Chapter 4?

8. How and why are the evangelists run out of town?

9. Whom does the narrator encounter while hiding out in Riley's car in Chapter 5? What does this character do?

10. What does Mrs. County tell Collin inside the bakery?

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