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

2. What is scattered about the house boat?
(a) Women's magazines.
(b) Adventure magazines.
(c) Hunting magazines.
(d) Fishing magazines.

3. What is the name of the grocery store in the town owned by Verena?
(a) Jitney Jungle.
(b) Verena's Grocery.
(c) Sunshine Grocery.
(d) Talbo Grocery.

4. What is the name of the baker's son?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Richard.
(c) David.
(d) Johnny.

5. What does Riley stop to urinate on when on the outing with Collin?
(a) A dead animal.
(b) Graves.
(c) A pile of leaves.
(d) Ants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Do I understand you've been conniving with that--woman? After she made a mockery of our name?"

2. What kind of cake does the narrator dream of baking inside the house boat?

3. Who says, "I've envied you always. Come home, Dolly. Leave decisions to me: that, you see, has been my life"?

4. What does the man whom Maudie Murphy leaves with do for a living?

5. Who does the narrator find in the tree house when he returns after Catherine is taken away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Collin and Riley return to the tree house in Chapter 4?

2. What unexpected characters does the narrator make note of who appear at the tree in Chapter 6?

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

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

5. What news does Riley overhear outside the jailhouse in Chapter 4?

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

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

8. What news and provisions does Riley return with in Chapter 4?

9. What does Riley respond to Sister Ida's asking for Dolly's location? What does he relate to the narrator about her?

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

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