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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 was Zelda's ailment?
(a) Broken neck.
(b) Brain tumor.
(c) Spinal tap.
(d) Spinal meningitis.

2. What does Louis believe is missing when he opens the casket?
(a) A special toy they buried with him,
(b) Gage's body.
(c) Gage's head.
(d) Gage's arm.

3. Whose funeral is on May 17?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Church.
(c) Norma.
(d) Gage.

4. In Chapter 57, what does Louis dream?
(a) That he and Rachel are young again.
(b) That the Wizard of Oz has taken over the world.
(c) That Gage is a king.
(d) That he, Gage, and Church are riding in a medic van at Disney World.

5. Who fights at the funeral home in Chapter 36?
(a) Louis and Rachel.
(b) Gage and Ellie.
(c) Louis and his father-in-law.
(d) Jud and Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has dreams about Gage in Chapter 43?

2. What makes Rachel think of Gage when she arrives at the first place she stops in Ludlow?

3. While on the plane to Chicago, which character visits Ellie in a dream to tell her something bad is going to happen?

4. What makes Jud aware of Louis's post-funeral plans?

5. How does Louis open the grave-liner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Rachel scared of her sister?

2. Rachel pulls into a hotel for the night, but doesn't stay. Why does she leave?

3. What is happening with Louis and with Rachel at 11 p.m. in Chapters 47-48? Why does the author report their activities this way?

4. How does Jud die? How does he end up on the floor and what weapon was used?

5. Who are the two intruders in Jud's house and what reason does one intruder give for being there?

6. What makes Ellie sick during her plane trip? What makes her perk up at the end of the trip?

7. How does Louis feel when he sees Jud comforting Ellie at the funeral in Chapter 41 and why does he feel that way?

8. What reason does Jud rationalize for not intercepting Louis once he realizes what Louis must have planned? How does the author lead the reader to believe that there is another reason Jud does not intercept Louis?

9. In Chapter 58, what awakens Jud and why is he upset?

10. After burying Gage in the Indian cemetery, Louis makes his way home then falls asleep. What does he dream?

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