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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. In Chapter 4, what excuse does Silas give for galloping out of the bog?
(a) He saw a panther.
(b) He saw a rattlesnake.
(c) He saw a bear.
(d) He saw a coyote.

2. In Chapter 3, what wounds does the first ghost have that Silas sees?
(a) She is missing an arm and a leg.
(b) Her chest is a bloody hole.
(c) She is missing both arms.
(d) Half her head is gone.

3. In Chapter 2, what type of weapon does Enoch Farmer have when Silas first meets him?
(a) Pistol.
(b) Rifle.
(c) Revolver.
(d) Carbine.

4. In what direction does Enoch wish to leave Silas from where he found him in Chapter 3?
(a) West.
(b) East.
(c) South.
(d) North.

5. What plants cover the ridge that Silas and Mittenwool travel through in Chapter 2?
(a) Panicgrass and cordgrass.
(b) Bluestem and Indian grass.
(c) Buffalo grass and poison buttonbush.
(d) Senna and Jerusalem artichoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men come with a business proposal for Martin Bird in the middle of the night in Chapter 1?

2. In Chapter 3, about how far is the edge of the woods from where Enoch and Silas camp?

3. When Silas attended school for a short time, with what did the teacher rap his hand?

4. How old was Silas when he was struck by lightning?

5. What did Silas's father try to tell Silas that he saw when they went hunting in the woods for the first and only time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conversation do Silas and Marshal Farmer have after Silas gallops out of the bog?

2. How does Silas describe his father to Marshal Farmer?

3. What does Silas take with him when he rides to find his father?

4. What do three men who come in the night in Chapter 1 want with Martin?

5. What does Silas realize about Marshal Farmer when he sees him in the daylight in Chapter 3?

6. How does Mittenwool think that Silas's father will react when he learns that Silas is coming after him?

7. Why did Martin Bird become a bootmaker?

8. Who is Mittenwool?

9. Who is Enoch Farmer, and what is he doing when Silas meets him?

10. What does Silas see and hear when he and Marshal Farmer enter the bog?

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