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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the vehicle get stuck in?
(a) Sand
(b) Mud
(c) A ditch
(d) A hole

2. What do the three men do once they pass Hell Creek?
(a) Tell stories
(b) Sleep
(c) Play football
(d) Eat lunch

3. What does Ned trade the automobile for?
(a) A woman
(b) A mule
(c) A horse
(d) A trumpet

4. Who did Boon give rides to?
(a) Businessmen
(b) Girls
(c) Members of the family
(d) Patients from the local hospital

5. With what have the holes in the path been filled?
(a) Brushtops and limbs
(b) Sand
(c) Dead animals
(d) Mud

6. How much does Boon try to pay the man?
(a) $4
(b) $12
(c) $10
(d) $6

7. Who did Grandfather give the garage key to?
(a) Boon
(b) Ludus
(c) Mr. Ballot
(d) Lucius

8. Who is hiding under the tarp?
(a) Ludus
(b) Ned
(c) John
(d) Grandfather

9. Who does not want children in the house?
(a) Minnie
(b) Miss Reba
(c) Mr. Binford
(d) The customers

10. What does Ludus say he called Boon?
(a) Club footed
(b) Queer
(c) Basket case
(d) Narrow headed

11. What does Boon press against the axle to get the car out of the hole?
(a) His foot
(b) A jack
(c) A spanner
(d) A wedge

12. What reason does Boon give for Memphis being quiet?
(a) It is Sunday
(b) It is winter
(c) People are on holiday
(d) A storm is approaching

13. What does Grandfather accidentally spit out of the car's front window?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Food
(c) Tobacco
(d) Chewing gum

14. What is the doctor's surname?
(a) Flourman
(b) Jakes
(c) Peebody
(d) Noble

15. Which of the following was the wagon not loaded with?
(a) Logs
(b) Peppermint
(c) Coal oil
(d) Flour

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal did Ned train to run like a horse?

2. What year did Hightower come to Ballenbaugh's?

3. Who runs Ballenbaugh's?

4. What does Lucius say happened to the car?

5. What is the name of the bridge they pass over in this chapter?

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