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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. Where does Boon say the road stops being clear?
(a) Lightning Creek
(b) Thunder Mountain
(c) The Mississippi River
(d) Hurricaine Creek

2. Where does Ned plan to take the horse?
(a) Nixon
(b) Parsham
(c) Lexington
(d) Houston

3. What is Boon to Lucius' family
(a) A servant
(b) A slave
(c) A friend
(d) A retainer

4. What is the full name of the story's narrator?
(a) Lucius Priest
(b) John Powell
(c) Lucas Pest
(d) Boon Hogganback

5. Where does Grandfather die?
(a) Memphis
(b) Orange County
(c) Bay St. Louis
(d) New Orleans

Short Answer Questions

1. Which room are Lucius and Boon staying in?

2. At what time does the group reach Hell Creek?

3. What is Ballenbaugh's?

4. How much does Boon try to pay the man?

5. What does Ned trade the automobile for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the plan to get the horse on the train?

2. What lies does Lucius tell in Chapter 3?

3. In what ways can Maury be seen as a positive character?

4. How does beginning of Chapter 5 describe the transition between Mississippi and Tennessee?

5. How does Miss Reba think Sam can assist them?

6. What is the unspoken agreement between Father and John?

7. What does the conversation in Chapter 4 between Boon and Lucius show about both characters?

8. How is Ned going to win back the automobile?

9. What does Lucius feel after he has driven the vehicle?

10. How does the ploughman persuade Boon to pay him more money?

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