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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 unusual cleaning chore does the janitor do in Part 1, Chapter 5?
(a) Carpet stain removal.
(b) Mops the floor.
(c) Removes Bonnie's body.
(d) Cleans the windows.

2. In what time frame is this book set?
(a) Late 1960s to early 1970s.
(b) Late 1970s to early 1980s.
(c) Present day.
(d) Mid 1950s.

3. Who is the janitor in Raleigh's office building?
(a) Bill Jimson.
(b) Bill Kaiser.
(c) Bill Jenkins.
(d) Bill Pierson.

4. Who is skinny-dipping in the community pool in Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Vera and Mingo.
(b) Vera and Raleigh.
(c) Aura and Mingo.
(d) Raleigh and Aura.

5. Where, ironically, do the items land that are tossed by Raleigh out of his car windows in Part 1, Chapter 8?
(a) In Mingo's yard.
(b) On the hood of a police car.
(c) In the police station parking lot.
(d) Near the abandoned construction site.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Vera?

2. What is Raleigh's job?

3. From what Raleigh learns in Part 1, Chapter 2, where does Earley want Raleigh to meet him?

4. Who does Raleigh see when he is on his way to commit the theft in Part 1, Chapter 7?

5. Who are Caroline and Holly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who and what does Raleigh's father want him to gather to bring to him in another state?

2. Explain the legend of Major General Goodrich Hays, C.S.A., and Raleigh's connection to it.

3. What is Raleigh's relationship with Mingo, as the story begins in Chapter 1?

4. Why is Earley in the hospital at the beginning of the story, and how does he leave?

5. Discuss Raleigh's family health history and what he does to avoid the same health problems.

6. What note does Raleigh find in Chapter 5, and what is the truth of the situation surrounding that note?

7. Explain the first compromising situation in which Mingo mistakenly assumes his wife Vera is having an affair with Raleigh.

8. Who is Jimmy Clay, and what role does he have in explaining Earley's disappearance after leaving the hospital?

9. What is Raleigh's perspective of Pee Wee Jimson? What item representing Pee Wee does Raleigh's father want him to collect?

10. What does Raleigh toss out of his car when he is stopped by a police officer, and what irony surrounds the situation?

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