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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 emotion does the minister in Bolton say he has had all his life on page 244?
(a) Rage.
(b) Anger.
(c) Indignation.
(d) Exasperation.

2. When the walls were redone in the house the Author lived in when he was nine, what color were they painted?
(a) Pale green.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Soft blue.
(d) Cream.

3. When did Kelly decide she wanted to be an undertaker?
(a) When she was 16.
(b) When she was a teenager.
(c) When she was 11.
(d) When she was a little girl.

4. What type of movies does the Kid say he would watch on Sundays with his dad when his mother was at church?
(a) Gary Cooper.
(b) Audie Murphy.
(c) John Wayne.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

5. What double duty does the Bolton Town Hall serve?
(a) Town Hall and recreation center.
(b) Town hall and restaurant.
(c) Town Hall and church.
(d) Town hall and school.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sales does Sharon say they lose when an author is late landing in a new city?

2. What does Kelly drive when she takes the Author to the airport?

3. What hours did the Author's father work at the sawmill?

4. What is the first sentence that the Author has for his second book?

5. How was the house heated where the Author lived when he was nine?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of house does Renny have, and why does he drive?

3. Why did the Author never fit in Bolton?

4. What do the Author and Kelly talk about a long-distance relationship?

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

6. What does the Author tell the Kid about fear?

7. Why does Kelly go out with the Author?

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

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

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

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