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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. What does Amy tell Joel that Randolph had suffered from making him unable to wait up on him in Chapter 2?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) An asthma attack.
(c) A mental breakdown.
(d) A panic attack.

2. Who does Joel ask questions about to Amy that she ignores in Chapter 2?
(a) His father.
(b) Jesus Fever.
(c) Randolph.
(d) His mother.

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

4. In what state is Paradise Chapel located?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Tennessee.

5. What does the item that the eccentric hermit brings to Zoo supposed to have?
(a) Healing powers.
(b) Guiding powers.
(c) Magical powers.
(d) Guarding powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the eccentric cousin that lives at Joel's father's house?

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

3. What does Joel place in a box along with a feather that he had taken from Sam Radclif's truck?

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

5. What is the name of the proprietress who offers Joel a grape soda in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Idabel react when Joel kisses her on the cheek?

2. How does Randolph injure Ed Samson?

3. What is the nature of Joel and Idabel's interaction at the beginning of Chapter 7?

4. What does Amy tell Joel regarding the history of his bedroom?

5. Why does Zoo tell Joel she has been shooting a gun while giving him his haircut?

6. How has Randolph been trying to get in touch with Pepe Alvarez through the mail?

7. Why do Idabel and Florabel fight over a dog named Henry?

8. How does Amy react when she learns Joel tried to run away?

9. What does Zoo say happened to her on her way to Washington, D.C.?

10. How is Joel's first vision of his father described?

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