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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Jesus Fever's granddaughter say she was when she was first married?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

2. What is the name of the old Negro pygmy who offers Joel a ride to his father's house?
(a) Randolph.
(b) Little Sunshine.
(c) Jesus Fever.
(d) John Brown.

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

4. What does Joel say his life has been a series of when he reverts inward during the religious service?
(a) Distractions.
(b) Huge disappointments.
(c) Trials.
(d) Hurdles.

5. What does Randolph and Amy seem incapable of providing to Joel after the tennis ball enters the room?
(a) Direct answers.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Comfort.

6. What kind of bird does Amy chase around Joel's room?
(a) Blue jay.
(b) Robin.
(c) Hummingbird.
(d) Cardinal.

7. What does Randolph and Amy's circuitous conversation force Joel to enter in Chapter 4?
(a) His own imaginary place.
(b) Hiding.
(c) A coma-like state.
(d) To become sick.

8. 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) Gone off course.
(c) Evolved.
(d) Changed.

9. What does Jesus Fever's granddaughter tell Joel he must attend on Sunday afternoons in Chapter 2?
(a) A nature trek.
(b) Civil ceremony.
(c) Sunday dinner.
(d) Religious service.

10. Who pretends not to see the tennis ball in the room in Chapter 4?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Joel.
(c) Dolores.
(d) Pepe.

11. What is the name of the mule that Joel rides on to his father's house?
(a) Jim.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Buck.
(d) Henry.

12. Who is described as a slight, dowdy woman in Chapter 2?
(a) Amy.
(b) Zoo.
(c) Annie Rose.
(d) Dolores.

13. 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.

14. How old is Joel at the beginning of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

15. What does Joel place in a box along with a feather that he had taken from Sam Radclif's truck?
(a) A bullet.
(b) A flower.
(c) A picture.
(d) A nail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Jesus Fever's granddaughter married?

2. Who does Joel meet for the first time at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. What time does Joel finally emerge from his room on his first day at the Landing?

4. What does Jesus Fever do for most of the journey to Joel's father's house at the end of Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 2, who does Amy tell Joel had planned a party in his honor the night before but that he had missed?

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