View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill Hardesty reveal to Pat in Chapter 22?
(a) Doc and Bill Hardesty are working together.
(b) Bill Hardesty wants Pat to kill Doc.
(c) Bill Hardesty loves Madeline.
(d) Eggleston was the mastermind of it all.

2. Why does Pat decide to smuggle Eggleston's body out of the building?
(a) Pat wants to keep the death a secret.
(b) The body is smelling up the office.
(c) Pat thinks Doc can take care of it.
(d) To avoid a return to jail.

3. What is Pat offered in exchange for information on Doc?
(a) A full pardon.
(b) Protection.
(c) Job security.
(d) A raise.

4. What does Bill Hardesty toss to Pat in Chapter 29?
(a) A lucky penny.
(b) A jacket.
(c) Keys.
(d) A gun.

5. What is the weather like when Pat goes to his office in Chapter 18?
(a) Cold.
(b) Windy.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Sunny.

6. What will Henry need to do to ready Pat's room in Chapter 24?
(a) Rearrange the furniture.
(b) Add drapes to the windows.
(c) Remove the bed.
(d) Repaint the walls.

7. How do the men react to Pat's announcement that Lila is not Doc's wife?
(a) Surprised but somewhat indifferent.
(b) Curious and shocked.
(c) Furious and vengeful.
(d) Not interested in the slightest.

8. Who is contacted by the media at the end of the book?
(a) Pat.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Myrtle Briscoe.
(d) Lila.

9. What does Pat conclude after listening to Lila's story?
(a) Lila's life story is quite boring.
(b) She is in a dangerous situation.
(c) She is just as scheming as Doc.
(d) Lila is not a good liar.

10. Who asks Pat for a ride home in Chapter 18?
(a) Rita Kennedy.
(b) Madeline.
(c) Governor Clay.
(d) Myrtle Briscoe.

11. What does Rita Kennedy tell Pat over the phone?
(a) His pay has been reduced.
(b) He has been fired.
(c) He has gotten a raise.
(d) He has gotten a promotion.

12. Why would Doc want Pat paroled?
(a) For political reasons.
(b) So that the police can keep tabs on Pat.
(c) Doc likes to help those in need.
(d) So that Pat cannot leave the area.

13. What does Pat intend to do at Eggleston's office?
(a) Surprise Eggleston upon his return.
(b) Wait for Eggleston patiently.
(c) Steal Eggleston's gun.
(d) Go through Eggleston's files.

14. When do Pat and Eggleston plan to meet?
(a) At midnight.
(b) Over the weekend.
(c) The following night.
(d) Tuesday at lunch.

15. What is the second newspaper article that Pat reads in Chapter 24 about?
(a) Weather.
(b) Sports.
(c) Politics.
(d) International news.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arranged Doc's life insurance policies?

2. What is the first newspaper article about that Pat reads in Chapter 24?

3. Pat wonders if whom killed Eggleston?

4. Whom will the life insurance policies benefit?

5. What does Henry bring Pat in Chapter 24?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 442 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample