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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do local children often take the path?
(a) To play hide and seek.
(b) To get lost in the woods.
(c) To go to the pet cemetery.
(d) To hide.

2. Who brings a sense of calmness to the Creeds in Chapter 2?
(a) Judd Crandall.
(b) Jud Crandall.
(c) Wynona Judd
(d) Jed Cranford.

3. The Chapter 16 visitor tells Louis that his words are:
(a) A promise.
(b) Important.
(c) A friendly warning.
(d) A threat.

4. In Chapter 12, what is Louis working on when he is summoned to an emergency?
(a) Insurance paperwork.
(b) Getting to know co-workers.
(c) Filing.
(d) Checking his emails.

5. What was Louis's employment dream?
(a) To drive an ambulance.
(b) To be a medic at Disneyland.
(c) To be an Army medic.
(d) To operate rides at Disney World.

6. While Church lies purring on Gage's chest, what is happening to Gage?
(a) He's suffocating from cat fur.
(b) He sleeps peacefully.
(c) He's choking on his own vomit.
(d) His fever goes away.

7. Why does Louis scream when he returns home from his nightly visit to Jud's house?
(a) He falls against his truck.
(b) Church wraps his tail around Louis' ankles.
(c) He falls in the dark garage.
(d) He dreams about Stevie Wonder.

8. How many homes has Jud lived in over the course of his lifetime?
(a) 1.
(b) 9.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

9. Who cries all night when the family pet is gone to the vet?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Louis.
(c) Gage.
(d) Ellie.

10. In which region of the United States is the Creed's new home?
(a) The South.
(b) The West Coast.
(c) New England.
(d) Florida.

11. What perplexes Louis about the dying man in the campus clinic on the first day of school?
(a) Whether or not he stole the ambulance.
(b) How he arrived at the campus medical center.
(c) Why he was injured.
(d) How he could speak and how he knew Louis's name.

12. What does Louis dream about the night Gage is sick?
(a) Killing the cat and burying him again.
(b) Killing Jud.
(c) Running away to Disney World.
(d) Visiting a prostitute.

13. What were the dying man's last words?
(a) "A man grows what he can and tends it."
(b) "A grown man tends it."
(c) "A man grows then dies."
(d) "A man grows a garden then harvests it."

14. Who dislikes Louis?
(a) The Pascow family.
(b) His in-laws.
(c) The Crandalls.
(d) His co-workers.

15. How does Louis explain getting the pet fixed to Ellie?
(a) There's something wrong with him that needs to be corrected.
(b) He tells her to let him handle it since he's a medical professional.
(c) His leg is broken and it must be set.
(d) After getting fixed, the pet won't want to cross the road anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jud tell Louis to say about the cat's burial?

2. What inconsistency does Louis notice in Jud's story?

3. Who dies after Thanksgiving dinner?

4. In Chapter 14, what is Rachel wearing when Louis arrives home after experiencing the emergency on the first day of school?

5. During their first screen porch visit, what advice does Jud give Louis?

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