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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jasper plan to buy himself some time to solve Laura's murder?
(a) He wants to run away while Charlie finds the killer.
(b) He wants to bury her body closer to town.
(c) He wants to bury her body in the river.
(d) He wants to turn himself in so the police can do their job.

2. As they walk out of the woods at the end of Chapter One, how does Charlie feel about Jasper?
(a) As though he could murder Charlie, too.
(b) As though they are allies.
(c) As thought he must be guilty.
(d) As though Jasper will turn himself in.

3. In Chapter One, what reason does the person give for coming to Charlie's house in the middle of the night?
(a) The person is afraid of Mad Jack Lionel.
(b) The person wants to borrow a book.
(c) The person has witnessed a crime in action.
(d) The person needs Charlie's help.

4. What figurative language is used in the following quote: "my mother emerges from the house like an angry outlaw exiting a saloon" (99)?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Oxymoron.

5. Who is guilty for the death of Sylvia Likens?
(a) The Likens parents.
(b) Jenny Likens.
(c) Gertrude Baniszewski.
(d) The whole town where she was killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has died in Charlie's family?

2. Where does Charlie find Eliza in Chapter Three?

3. What does Charlie call the terrible feeling in his stomach in Chapter Four?

4. Why items does Jasper admit to Charlie to having stolen?

5. What famous Pudd'nhead Wilson quote resonates with Charlie?

(see the answer key)

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