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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. How does Louis open the grave-liner?
(a) He prays for the liner to open and it does.
(b) He threads his rope through the iron rings and lifts it open.
(c) It opens when he drops it.
(d) He breaks the concrete liner with sledge hammer.

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

3. How does Louis pass the time as he waits in his hotel room?
(a) Looks out the window for hours.
(b) He watches TV.
(c) Reads the Bible on the nightstand.
(d) Prays.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who notices Louis's car is gone from the house in Chapter 46?

3. Who asks Louis at the airport if he's still mad at his father-in-law?

4. What does Louis see when he looks out the window in Chapter 60?

5. What do the father and son do on Louis's best day ever?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why does Louis want Rachel and Ellie to go to Chicago and how does he convince them to go?

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

5. Who misses the family viewing at the funeral home when Gage dies and why?

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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