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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of answers are given to Joel's questions about a strange woman he saw in Chapter 4?
(a) Open.
(b) Honest.
(c) Quick.
(d) Evasiveness.

2. What color hair does the woman Joel sees in the window at the end of Chapter 2 have?
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

3. Who does Joel determine he will make his friend near the end of the religious service?
(a) Amy.
(b) Zoo.
(c) Idabel.
(d) Dolores.

4. When he reverts inward during the religious service, what does Joel say his life has done to a point where he is trapped with crazy people? w
(a) Deteriorated.
(b) Changed.
(c) Gone off course.
(d) Evolved.

5. What is the occupation of the local who offers Joel a nickel if he will stop a girl from throwing rocks at his shop?
(a) A sheriff.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A barber.
(d) A cook.

6. In Chapter 2, who does Amy tell Joel had planned a party in his honor the night before but that he had missed?
(a) Keg Brown.
(b) Ed.
(c) Randolph.
(d) Jesus Fever.

7. Who does Amy tell Joel was born in the room he is now staying in at the Landing?
(a) Ed.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Keg.
(d) Zoo.

8. To which place does the eccentric hermit tell Joel he must come to retrieve the item he wants to make for him?
(a) The local bar.
(b) His house.
(c) The riverbank.
(d) The town square.

9. Who does Joel encounter preening on the front porch after running into Zoo in Chapter 5?
(a) Amy.
(b) Florabel.
(c) Idabel.
(d) Ellen.

10. What is the name of the nasty red haired girl Joel tries to apprehend for a local man in Chapter 1?
(a) Annie Rose Kupperman.
(b) Florabel Thompkins.
(c) Miss Wisteria.
(d) Idabel Thompkins.

11. What does Joel do after witnessing the singing and exhortations during the religious service?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Becomes angry.
(c) Cries.
(d) Cowers in awe.

12. What is said to happen to anyone who crosses the pond near Little Sunshine's home?
(a) They are barren.
(b) They become homeless.
(c) They die.
(d) They are then haunted.

13. Who smokes cigarettes during dinner in Chapter 4?
(a) Ed.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Pepe.
(d) Amy.

14. What does Joel decide someone has against him when he first reverts inward during the religious service?
(a) A grudge.
(b) A curse.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Hatred.

15. What does Randolph drink at dinner in Chapter 4?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Sherry.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state is Paradise Chapel located?

2. What is Idabel going to retrieve from the creek in Chapter 5?

3. What is the name of the company the truck driver in the opening scene works for?

4. What does Randolph and Amy seem incapable of providing to Joel after the tennis ball enters the room?

5. What does Florabel bemoan about her sister when talking with Joel in Chapter 5?

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