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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Stube take after Davy escaped on his watch?
(a) Street sweeper.
(b) Sales clerk.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Janitor.

2. How much does Reuben get paid for tearing down the corncrib?
(a) $15.
(b) $20.
(c) $25.
(d) $30.

3. What does Swede read to Reuben the night after the first day of Davy's trial?
(a) C. S. Lewis.
(b) Graham Greene.
(c) Charles Dickens.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

4. When the goose is cleaned, what part does Swede want Reuben to give her?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Head.
(c) Beak.
(d) Feet.

5. How much does it cost to send a postcard in 1963?
(a) 3 cents.
(b) 2 cents.
(c) 5 cents.
(d) 4 cents.

6. What does Swede want for Christmas in 1962?
(a) A cowboy outfit.
(b) A trip out west.
(c) A lariat.
(d) A pony.

7. How many men in the following days show up at the courthouse armed with old guns to join the posse searching for Davy?
(a) 50 men.
(b) 45 men.
(c) 25 men.
(d) 30 men.

8. What was Stube reading when he was on deputy duty the night Davy escaped?
(a) A mystery.
(b) A biography.
(c) A western.
(d) An autobiography.

9. What does Swede pretend to be when the Lands crawl up on Canadian geese?
(a) Apache Brave.
(b) Creek Brave.
(c) Blackfoot Brave.
(d) Sioux brave.

10. What was the name of August Shultz's horse when he and Jeremiah were growing up together?
(a) Doot.
(b) Misty.
(c) Henry.
(d) Patches.

11. What is the name of Davy's fellow inmate in the jail?
(a) Giant Rowlings.
(b) Midget Baker.
(c) Mighty Stinson.
(d) Tiny Pruitt.

12. Which deputy, during the first two weeks that Davy is in jail, reads some of the letters that Davy receives?
(a) Brian Wagonner.
(b) Paul Wansor.
(c) Walter Stockard.
(d) Martin Dryson.

13. Where does Lurvy say he had a delicious batch of clam chowder in Seatlle?
(a) The Widder's Clam Shack.
(b) Millie's Clam Shack.
(c) Mac's Clam Shack.
(d) Ivar's Acres of Clams.

14. On Swede's birthday, who do Davy and Reuben see in the timber?
(a) Bethany.
(b) Israel and Tommy.
(c) Dolly.
(d) A tramp.

15. What color was the Lands' front door before it was tarred?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the hundred-acre wood lot at the edge of Roofing?

2. On what floor did Helen, Jeremiah, and Davy Land live when they lived in student housing?

3. What is one of Swede's favorite authors?

4. Who owns a corncrib that Reuben tears down?

5. What type of vehicle do the Lands drive when they go hunting at Shultz's place?

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