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

2. What is Eggleston holding?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A gun.
(c) A coffee.
(d) A letter.

3. What does Pat fear Doc has done in Chapter 16?
(a) Ordered Willie to kill him.
(b) Stolen his identity.
(c) Played a trick on Madeline.
(d) Taken out insurance on him.

4. What is just as easy to get as parole?
(a) A conviction.
(b) A release.
(c) A pardon.
(d) An exchange.

5. Pat wonders if whom killed Eggleston?
(a) Doc.
(b) Lila.
(c) Senator Burkman.
(d) Madeline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pat do when he returns home in Chapter 23?

2. What did Lila do for Doc in the past?

3. Why does Pat threaten Bill Hardesty with physical violence?

4. In what manner does Pat inform Doc of Hardesty's scheme?

5. Why does Pat feel guilty in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. As of Chapter 26, are Pat and Lila in similar situations? Use evidence from the story to support your argument.

2. What is Bill Hardesty's scheme?

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

4. Why does Pat decide to smuggle the body out of the building?

5. Does Pat have a happy ending?

6. Why does Lila insist on a ride from Pat in Chapter 27?

7. Why does Pat stop attacking Bill Hardesty?

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

9. Why is Pat's announcement to the men at the meeting not as effective as he was expecting?

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

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