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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 does Kelly suggest the Author do while she embalms a corpse to take his mind off what she is doing?
(a) Recite a scene from his book.
(b) Recite a poem.
(c) Sing a song.
(d) Count backwards from 100.

2. What type of flooring was in the house the Author lived in when he was nine?
(a) Tile.
(b) Wood.
(c) Carpet.
(d) Linoleum.

3. How did the Author's father die?
(a) Shot by the police.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Drowned.
(d) Car accident.

4. Where does the Author meet a flight attendant from Tulsa?
(a) Somwhere above Oklahoma.
(b) Heading down the runway in Kansas City.
(c) Somwhere above West Texas.
(d) Heading down the runway in Denver.

5. Where did Paul get the pistol he uses to teach Soot to shoot?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His father.
(d) A neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sharon and the Author are in Bolton, how much does the Author think Sharon is wearing in designer clothing?

2. What does a woman named Kelli offer to make the Author for dinner?

3. At the Author's old home, from what type of tree does a tire swing dangle?

4. Where is the coroner's office located where William's body is taken?

5. When was Bolton at its pinnacle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Author never fit in Bolton?

2. What is the Kid's favorite animal and why?

3. Why does Sharon call the Author when he is having dinner with a woman named Kelly in San Francisco?

4. What do the Author and the Kid do when they go to Pennsylvania?

5. What does the Author do after Kelly?

6. How does the Author describe the scene as he and Sharon walk to the Bolton Town Hall?

7. How did Kelly decide to become an undertaker?

8. What does a minister tell the people of Bolton who gathered to hear the Author?

9. How does Soot's mother act after his father dies?

10. Who asks the Author to autograph a book somewhere over West Texas, and what does he say about the fear that the Author has?

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