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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Davy get up early each morning?
(a) To run his muskrat traps.
(b) He has to be at his job early.
(c) To study.
(d) To fix breakfast.

2. How old is Reuben when he sees his father's third miracle?
(a) 9 years old.
(b) 15 years old.
(c) 11 years old.
(d) 7 years old.

3. What would Helen Land read to Davy when he was one year old?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Washington Irving.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

4. What does a farmer report stolen three days after Davy's escape?
(a) A Belgian gelding.
(b) A Percheron stallion.
(c) A Quarter Horse stallion.
(d) An Arabian mare.

5. What time does Stanley Basca testify that Davy came to the Finch's on the night of the shooting?
(a) 8 p.m.
(b) 9 p.m.
(c) 8:30 p.m.
(d) 9:30 p.m.

6. What type of fish did Oscar Larson and Jeremiah usually catch?
(a) Trout.
(b) Walleye.
(c) Perch.
(d) Catfish.

7. On what floor did Helen, Jeremiah, and Davy Land live when they lived in student housing?
(a) 2nd floor.
(b) 1st floor.
(c) 3rd floor.
(d) 4th floor.

8. Who wrote the book that Stube was reading the night that Davy escaped.
(a) Clive Cussler.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Mike Hammer.
(d) Louis L'Amour.

9. Where do Jeremiah, Swede, and Reuben spend the night the first night that Davy is in jail?
(a) At Dr. Nokes'.
(b) At the DeCuellers'.
(c) At their house.
(d) A motel.

10. What game does Mr. DeCuellar teach Swede and Reuben to help them pass the time while they wait to be admitted to the courtroom?
(a) Dots and Boxes.
(b) War at Sea.
(c) Hangman.
(d) Tic-Tac-Toe.

11. What does Reuben want for Christmas in 1962?
(a) An American frontier set.
(b) A model rocket.
(c) A Spartacus model.
(d) A Crashmobile.

12. What time does the sheriff come to tell the DeCuellars and Lands that Davy broke out of jail?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

13. What type of vehicle do the Lands drive when they go hunting at Shultz's place?
(a) Dodge.
(b) Plymouth.
(c) Chevy.
(d) Ford.

14. What time was Stube released from Davy's cell?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

15. What western author might Jeremiah have enjoyed reading when he was in his late twenties?
(a) Richard Matheson.
(b) Matt Braun.
(c) Stephen Bly.
(d) Owen Wister.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month was Reuben born?

2. How much does it cost to send a postcard in 1963?

3. How old is Reuben's brother, Davy, when Reuben sees his father's third miracle?

4. What instrument does Rev. Johnny Latt play?

5. How old is Swede at the beginning of the novel?

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