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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 did the Author's father tell him his grandfather punched that he knocked out cold?
(a) Mule.
(b) Horse.
(c) Bully.
(d) Police officer.

2. What was the biggest room in the house where the Author lived when he was nine?
(a) Living room.
(b) Dining room.
(c) Kitchen.
(d) Master bedroom.

3. Where was the Kid shot?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) The Author's hometown.
(c) Baton Rouge.
(d) The town where the Author went to college.

4. When the author was nine, what was on the walls of the house where he lived?
(a) Green paint.
(b) White paint.
(c) Peeling wallpaper.
(d) 70s era wood paneling.

5. In San Francisco, how long does the Author talk about Hell of a Book?
(a) Over an hour.
(b) About 90 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song plays when Kelly turns on the radio as she drives the Author to the airport?

2. Where does the Author meet a flight attendant from Tulsa?

3. How many times was the Kid shot when he was killed?

4. Where did Paul get the pistol he uses to teach Soot to shoot?

5. What double duty does the Bolton Town Hall serve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Author say about Sharon when he sees that she is meeting him in Bolton?

2. What does the Author see as he and Sharon drive into Bolton?

3. What does the Author tell the Kid when he has the Talk with him?

4. What does Soot see and feel when his father dies?

5. How does watching Kelly work affect the Author, and why does he leave suddenly?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens one night after Paul and Soot are target practicing in the woods?

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