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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will realize when he's watching the cat in the garage?
(a) That his wife is dead.
(b) That he has a good life.
(c) That people are never a hundred percent themselves.
(d) That life is short.

2. What color enamel does Allison find under the soot covering the stove?
(a) Black and white.
(b) Red and blue.
(c) Red and white.
(d) Turquoise and white.

3. How does Allison travel to Linwood, NC?
(a) She hides in a bread delivery truck.
(b) She hitchhikes.
(c) She takes the train.
(d) She takes the bus.

4. What does Ewell McBee tell Will about Sarah Goodman ("Cheryl Lee") that makes Will want to meet her?
(a) That she plays violin.
(b) That her father is Sol Goodman.
(c) That she's the star of the erotic film, Foxy Frolics.
(d) That she's Jewish and from North Carolina.

5. Why doesn't Allison approach Will at first when she finds his golf balls?
(a) Because she thought he was her father.
(b) Because she didn't recognize him.
(c) Because she wasn't dressed yet.
(d) Because he looked angry.

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

7. What present does Will bring Allison when he comes back to visit her at the greenhouse?
(a) Books.
(b) Avocados.
(c) A pulley.
(d) Bread.

8. How long does Allison think she has until she will need the heat from the stove?
(a) A day.
(b) Another month.
(c) A week.
(d) She's not sure.

9. How much is Will's Mercedes worth?
(a) $100,000.
(b) $45,000.
(c) $1 million.
(d) $35,000.

10. Who does Will liken Bertie to?
(a) Jimmy Stewart.
(b) Jack Nicklaus.
(c) Donald Duck.
(d) Mr. Magoo.

11. Which of the following is NOT among the new things that Allison buys in town?
(a) Boots.
(b) Jeans.
(c) A spiral notebook.
(d) A knapsack.

12. What does Allison find out about her aunt's estate from the police officer?
(a) That it is haunted.
(b) That it burned down.
(c) That it is the largest estate in Linwood.
(d) That someone lives there.

13. What is NOT one of the things that Will thinks when the shot is first fired into the garage?
(a) That he is back in the war.
(b) That someone was after his daughter.
(c) That someone was shooting at his house because he is rich.
(d) That terrorists are after him.

14. What is Ed Cupp's relationship to Will Barrett?
(a) Ed Cupp is Will's daughter's fiancé.
(b) Ed Cupp is an old friend.
(c) Ed Cupp is Will's brother-in-law.
(d) Ed Cupp is Will's daughter's father-in-law.

15. How does Allison think she can make a living?
(a) Working with an animal shelter.
(b) By growing plants in the greenhouse.
(c) Waiting tables in town.
(d) By cutting hair at the salon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Will feel when he figures out who is shooting into his garage?

2. What does Will attribute Allison's strange behavior to when he first meets her?

3. Why did Allison travel to Linwood, NC?

4. What memory is triggered for Will when he's hunting out of bounds balls during the fivesome game of golf?

5. Where did Will's father get the Luger from?

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