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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 Pat do when he returns home in Chapter 23?
(a) Tells Doc everything.
(b) Drinks alcohol.
(c) Takes a shower.
(d) Eats some pie.

2. What happens to Madeline in Chapter 30?
(a) Madeline is never seen again.
(b) Madeline is sent to jail.
(c) Madeline reconciles with Doc.
(d) Madeline divorces Doc and marries Pat.

3. What does Lila sell in Chapter 30?
(a) Knives.
(b) Women's cosmetics.
(c) Her body.
(d) Her life story.

4. Who does Pat believe is using him for their own purposes?
(a) Bill Hardesty.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Doc.
(d) Myrtle Briscoe.

5. How does Pat feel when he finds someone in his car at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Intrigued.
(b) Surprised.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pat see on Eggleston's desk?

2. What is Pat offered in exchange for information on Doc?

3. What is just as easy to get as parole?

4. Who does Pat visit in Chapter 16?

5. Where is Eggleston's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Doc have a happy ending?

2. What is Doc's plan for Pat?

3. What does Bill Hardesty inadvertently acknowledge in Chapter 22?

4. What does Pat believe Doc's plan is when Pat approaches Eggleston?

5. Why does Pat stop attacking Bill Hardesty?

6. What is Madeline's and Bill's scheme?

7. What does Pat realize about Doc in Chapter 17?

8. According to Eggleston, why was Pat paroled and not pardoned?

9. Why should Henry be troubled?

10. What does Pat discover when he goes to Doc's apartment after the meeting?

(see the answer keys)

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