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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 inspires Rachel to finally discuss the details of her sister's death?
(a) The father-daughter conversation she overheard between Louis and Ellie.
(b) Her parents told her it was time to talk about it.
(c) She felt guilty.
(d) A prostitute.

2. Why doesn't Louis return home after dropping the family off at the airport?
(a) He's afraid Jud will catch him.
(b) He wants to see a prostitute.
(c) He never wants to go to that house again.
(d) He needs time to drive around and think.

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

4. In Chapter 57, what does Louis check his doctor's bag for?
(a) Aspirin for his aches and pains.
(b) A scalpel.
(c) Cough medicine.
(d) Enough morphine and syringes.

5. Why is Jud worried in Chapter 45?
(a) He is a worrier.
(b) He is afraid he'll get caught.
(c) He is concerned about venereal disease.
(d) He learned that Louis sent Rachel and Ellie to Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies in Chapter 31?

2. Who comforts Ellie at the graveside service in Chapter 41?

3. What time does Louis actually reach the cement grave liner?

4. Who fights at the funeral home in Chapter 36?

5. In Louis's dream in Chapter 40, what accomplishment does Gage earn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the date of Gage's funeral and in what sequence do we learn about it in the book?

2. Why does Louis watch over his sleeping son after their fun day?

3. What will Louis do if Gage is resurrected as some kind of monster? How does he hope that Gage will return to life?

4. When Louis first saw the Indian burial ground, he noted all the cairns had been disturbed. As he's burying Gage, the reader learns that Louis has discovered why. Why have the cairns been disturbed and how does Louis know this?

5. How does Louis get into Pleasantview Cemetery once the gates are locked?

6. Why was Rachel scared of her sister?

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

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

9. 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?

10. Why doesn't Louis drive home after taking his family to the airport and what thoughts does he have while eating dinner at the hotel's restaurant?

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