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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 does Amanda admit she knows about Effrom?
(a) That he is having an affair.
(b) That he smokes.
(c) That he eats cookies.
(d) That he drinks.

2. What do Rachel and Augustus open in Nevada?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A brothel.
(c) A bed and breakfast.
(d) A magic shop.

3. Why does Rachel move the hostages outside the caves?
(a) She hates the smell.
(b) She is too warm.
(c) She is afraid of bats.
(d) She is afraid of closed spaces.

4. What does Travis reveal to Augustus as the reason for his leaving the seminary?
(a) He fled to escape war.
(b) He was abused.
(c) He was frightened.
(d) He was homesick.

5. What happens to Rivera in his career after his undercover job?
(a) He loses his job.
(b) He is made lieutenant.
(c) He is demoted.
(d) He is promoted to captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a farmer originally use the caves to do?

2. What did Jennifer want to be when she grew up?

3. What is Amanda asked to bring in exchange for Effrom?

4. How does Travis get Rachel to move the candlesticks?

5. Who does Amanda call for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the plan Howard, Robert, Travis, Augustus, and Gian plan in the Head of the Slug in Chapter 32.

2. What does Augustus bring into his house, with the help of Gian? What does he explain they are?

3. In Chapter 20, Effrom is visited by Catch, and several times, thinks he has has killed his wife. Why?

4. How does Gian explain lying about what will happen to Catch, and how does Augustus respond?

5. Summarize the story of how Travis called Catch.

6. Why does Robert think he is being arrested, and what, in fact, are the actual charges?

7. Explain what Robert sees when he looks through Jennifer's window. Where has he seen Travis previously?

8. Where do Rachel, Augustus, and Gian go at the end of the novel, and what do they do?

9. Summarize the history of the Sacred Caves.

10. Why does Catch want to kidnap Jennifer at the end of Chapter 28?

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