2. Who arrives in town along with Devlin and Burton when they return?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) The governor.
(c) The medical examiner.
(d) A presidential candidate.

3. Where are Jinx and Shady headed when they run into the sheriff on September 1, 1918?
(a) Shady's place.
(b) Devlin's mines.
(c) Widow Cane's property.
(d) The post office.

4. What do Abilene, Lettie, and Ruthanne plan to use to identify the person who wrote the note they believe is from the Rattler?
(a) The handwriting.
(b) The ink.
(c) Fingerprints.
(d) The paper.

5. Where does the sheriff say the murderer his brother-in-law is looking for might be?
(a) Living in the mines.
(b) Hiding in the schoolyard.
(c) Hiding in someone's home.
(d) Camping in the woods.

6. Who organized the secret meeting to talk about the land Mr. Devlin wants to buy?
(a) Miss Sadie.
(b) Mr. Underhill.
(c) Jinx.
(d) Hadley.

7. Do the townspeople make enough money from their elixir to buy the land they want?
(a) No, but they succeed in a scheme to lower the price.
(b) Yes, and they buy the land without any problems.
(c) No, but they end up not needing to buy the land.
(d) Yes, but they are unable to buy the land.

8. What sound startles Uncle Finn, causing him to stumble?
(a) A bell.
(b) Thunder.
(c) A howling.
(d) A rattle.

9. Where are the graves of those who died in the tragedy that struck the town after Ned's death?
(a) In a yard next to the burned-out church.
(b) In a meadow with an ancient oak tree.
(c) Near the now-abandoned mine.
(d) On the lot behind Miss Sadie's.

10. What does Abilene do to try to get Miss Sadie to continue telling her stories?
(a) Abilene predicts ridiculous things that might happen.
(b) Abilene begs Miss Sadie to continue telling the story.
(c) Abilene pretends not to care about the story.
(d) Abilene pretends to remember the story wrong.

11. Who brings cake to Shady's Sunday service?
(a) Miss Sadie.
(b) Hatie Mae.
(c) Abilene.
(d) Mrs. Evans.

12. Where on Miss Sadie's property does Abilene try to go to find a pot?
(a) A closet.
(b) A cellar.
(c) A cistern.
(d) A shed.

13. Where is the hidden compartment where Shady hides Jinx?
(a) In the stockroom.
(b) Behind the bed.
(c) In the bar.
(d) In the floor.

14. Who brings the news that Ned has died?
(a) Ned's mother.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A telegraph operator.
(d) The sheriff.

15. What does Ned ask Jinx to do in his letter?
(a) Take a girl and go to the lake.
(b) Send him a dried flower.
(c) Send him a cloth handkerchief.
(d) Take his lure and go fishing.