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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 wants to commit suicide in Part 1, Chapter3?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Vera.
(c) Aura.
(d) Mingo.
2. What does Raleigh toss from his car windows in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) The note from his father.
(b) Candy wrappers.
(c) Mingo's guns.
(d) His cell phone.
3. In what town does Lovie live?
(a) Charlotte.
(b) Knoll Pond.
(c) Cowstream.
(d) Raleigh.
4. What is Raleigh reading when the story begins?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A business magazine.
(c) Restroom wall graffiti.
(d) A fortune cookie.
5. What does Raleigh receive from Earley in a brown paper bag?
(a) Car keys and a deed to a house.
(b) Lottery tickets.
(c) $10,000 and some whiskey.
(d) Cat food.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the beginning of the novel, who is predicted to fall to pieces by the end of the month?
2. What accent do Caroline and Holly have?
3. Who owns the land that Raleigh sets out to buy in Part 1, Chapter 4?
4. What does Raleigh refer to as Knoll Pond?
5. What is Raleigh's job?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Raleigh feel about Aura's TV appearance when he sees her on television during his visit with Flossie, and why?
2. Why does Raleigh return home in wet, torn clothes after taking a walk in Part 1, Chapter 3? Explain the situation that also arises from the event.
3. What does Raleigh toss out of his car when he is stopped by a police officer, and what irony surrounds the situation?
4. Explain how Raleigh ends up with a second pistol belonging to Mingo.
5. Explain the legend of Major General Goodrich Hays, C.S.A., and Raleigh's connection to it.
6. What is missing from the murder investigation regarding Bonnie?
7. What is Raleigh's relationship with Mingo, as the story begins in Chapter 1?
8. How do Raleigh and Mingo encounter a van full of hoodlums, and what happens to the money Raleigh's dad gave him?
9. Explain Raleigh's message of doom in Chapter 1.
10. Why is Earley in the hospital at the beginning of the story, and how does he leave?
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