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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. How many sales does Sharon say they lose when an author is late landing in a new city?
(a) 10 a minute.
(b) 5 a minute.
(c) 4 a minute.
(d) 7 a minute.

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

3. What is the name of the minister people question about William's death?
(a) Brown.
(b) Jones.
(c) Miller.
(d) White.

4. What is the first sentence that the Author has for his second book?
(a) I'm pretty much f*ucked.
(b) It was a pleasure to jump.
(c) It was a dark and stormy night . . .
(d) I was born twice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the boy from whom Soot steals on page 214?

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

4. How many protestors line the highway when the Author comes to Bolton, North Carolina?

5. On page 201, how long has the Kid been with the Author in every city?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Author never fit in Bolton?

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

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

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

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

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 is the Kid's favorite animal and why?

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

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