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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Allison looking at in the beginning of Chapter 2 that resembles a head?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A tree.
(c) A leaf.
(d) A cloud.

2. How do Will and Ewell McBee first meet?
(a) Ewell used to caddy for Will's father.
(b) Ewell was his childhood best friend.
(c) Ewell was his first business partner.
(d) Ewell was his wife's gardener.

3. Where was Allison before she arrived in Linwood, NC?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) All over the country.
(c) The Valleyhead Sanitorium.
(d) New York City.

4. What does Will think that his constant hitting the golf ball out of bounds means in a larger sense?
(a) It represents a failure at life.
(b) It means that he's getting old.
(c) He just attributes it to his poor health with no further meaning.
(d) It means that he's been cursed by God.

5. What does Leslie ask Will NOT to do at her engagement party?
(a) To get too drunk.
(b) To talk about guns.
(c) To have one of his "fade outs."
(d) To flirt with Kitty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Will Barrett's regular golf partner?

2. Which of these is NOT one of the people that Allison talks to while she sits on the bench?

3. According to the author, what claim to fame does Linwood, North Carolina have?

4. How did Ewell McBee know Will's father?

5. Why does Will go through the trouble of leaving such elaborate instructions for Lewis and Sutter to carry out?

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