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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 Culla's sister know that the tinker has that belongs to her?
(a) Her purse.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her horse.
(d) Her baby.

2. What does the sister find in the fresh grave?
(a) A metal box.
(b) A skull.
(c) A baby.
(d) Clay and rock.

3. What is Culla's sister's name?
(a) Rinthy.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Robbie.
(d) Ruthie.

4. What item of clothing does the man in the woods notice about Culla?
(a) His belt.
(b) His jacket.
(c) His hat.
(d) His boots.

5. What does the unnamed man tell a vendor to get rid of him?
(a) He will set his dogs on him.
(b) The house is quarantined.
(c) He will call the police.
(d) He has a shotgun.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the old woman know that Rinthy has just had a baby?

2. Who does the squire decide to track down the next morning?

3. How does Culla elude the men?

4. What reason does Culla's sister give for looking for the person/item in #68?

5. Where does the vendor take the person in #24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sentence does Culla receive from the man and what unusual request does Culla end up making of the man?

2. Where does Rinthy follow the tinker in the hopes of finding her baby?

3. What does Rinthy realize about Culla and what information does she learn about him at the general store in town?

4. What route does the tinker follow through the woods?

5. What is Rinthy hoping to get when she locates the tinker?

6. What does the brother do with the newborn baby?

7. What does the tinker find when he is trying to get out of the woods?

8. What reason does Culla give the old man for why he needs to move on?

9. How does McCarthy introduce Culla and what are the circumstances of him and his sister?

10. How does the unnamed man get the tinker to leave the cabin?

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