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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. Why does Louis believe Jud's ridiculous story about the Indian burial site?
(a) He does not believe him.
(b) Because Church was resurrected.
(c) Because he's had too much to drink.
(d) Because he likes the old man.

2. Who is spending Thanksgiving in Chicago?
(a) Jud and Norma.
(b) Rachel and the kids.
(c) The Pascow family.
(d) The Creed family.

3. Which word completes the prophetic phrase spoken to Louis by two different people: "The soil of a man's heart is..."
(a) Full of worms.
(b) Stonier.
(c) Rockier.
(d) More Fertile.

4. Which Indian territory does Louis enter?
(a) Banshee territory.
(b) Cherokee territory.
(c) Micmac territory.
(d) Caddo territory.

5. How old is Jud?
(a) 89.
(b) 62.
(c) 38.
(d) 83.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jud warn Louis about during their first evening visit?

2. Who is babysitting the Creed children so their parents can have alone time in Chapter 14?

3. Who maintains the pet cemetery?

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

5. What does the dead man's father want to know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What grudge does Louis hold against his father-in-law and why doesn't the man like Louis?

2. What is Louis's reaction when the dead man shows up in his bedroom doorway?

3. What secret does Jud and Louis keep from their wives in Chapter 25 and who decides it must be kept a secret?

4. What do the Indians believe about the Wendigo and how does this belief affect their sacred burial grounds?

5. Why does Louis return home feeling petty after his first visit to Jud's house?

6. What is the Creed family pet doing while Gage is choking on his own vomit? What does Louis do to the pet?

7. Why doesn't Norma get out of the house more?

8. Who told Jud about the Indian burial ground and why?

9. Why is Louis reluctant to take Jud up on his offer of a late-night beer?

10. What does the dead man tell Louis and why?

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