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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 6, what does Sheriff Chalfont give Silas to eat while they ready their horses?
(a) Jerky.
(b) Sandwich.
(c) Apple.
(d) Piece of bread.

2. What is the name of the ghost from the sheriff's office?
(a) Matilda.
(b) Angelina.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Miranda.

3. In Chapter 8, how long does it take the sheriff to hunt and kill rabbits?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) About an hour.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

4. How far do Silas and Mittenwool walk after the ghost of the sheriff's sister jumps off Pony and runs down the creek?
(a) Not quite 1/3 of a mile.
(b) About 1/4 mile.
(c) 500 feet.
(d) 250 feet.

5. How long after they met did Silas's parents marry?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 10 months.
(d) 3 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many indents above the creek does Mittenwool show Silas in Chapter 5?

2. When Silas and the Sheriff stop to allow Beautyman to rest in Chapter 7, how much longer do they have before they will get to the cave?

3. Who stampedes Pony as Ollerenshaw tells Rufe to shoot at the lawmen?

4. In Chapter 8, how old does Silas realize the Morton brothers are?

5. What color melon hats do the Morton brothers wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What proposition does Ollerenshaw have for the sheriff?

2. What do Silas, the sheriff, and the deputy find when they return to where Silas left Marshal Farmer?

3. Who does Eben say are in the cave?

4. What scares Silas as he goes down the path under the waterfall toward the outlaws' cave?

5. What happens when Marshal Farmer jumps the ravine with his horse?

6. As the deputy and sheriff prepare to storm the cave, who comes down to the creek?

7. Who does Marshal Farmer send Silas to get in Rosasharon, and why is Silas not able to speak to the man?

8. What does Silas realize about the Morton brothers after they confess what they have been doing to Sheriff Chalfont?

9. What plan do the lawmen contrive?

10. What ghost does Silas see as he is telling the sheriff and deputy in Rosasharon his story?

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