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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Allison learn Will's name?
(a) She asks at the A&P if anyone knows him.
(b) She sees his photo and name at the auto shop.
(c) Jerry at the auto shop tells her.
(d) Will tells her.

4. What does Will think his experiment might do for his relationship with his daughter?
(a) Leslie loves her father and nothing will change that.
(b) Leslie already hates him and nothing will change that.
(c) Leslie won't understand his experiment.
(d) If he proves God's existence then they will have something in common.

5. According to the author, what claim to fame does Linwood, North Carolina have?
(a) It is the most Christian town in the most Christian state.
(b) It is the highest peak of the Appalachians.
(c) There are no Jewish people living there.
(d) It is the golf capital of the world.

6. Where did Will's father get the Luger from?
(a) From a hunting guide.
(b) From an SS Colonel.
(c) From his father.
(d) From General Patton.

7. Why does Will go through the trouble of leaving such elaborate instructions for Lewis and Sutter to carry out?
(a) For the life insurance.
(b) To protect Allison.
(c) So that no one tries to stop him.
(d) To protect his daughter.

8. What phrase does Allison repeat in Dr. Duk's office?
(a) "Going, going, gone."
(b) "Make a new plan, Stan."
(c) "Room with a view."
(d) "No buzzin cousin."

9. How large is the estate that Will lives on?
(a) Two acres.
(b) Twenty acres.
(c) Ten thousand acres.
(d) One hundred acres.

10. Whose portrait towers above the men in the clubhouse at the golf course?
(a) Arnold Palmer.
(b) Jack Nicklaus.
(c) Tiger Woods.
(d) Ben Hogan.

11. How does Allison reassemble the stove when she gets it into the greenhouse?
(a) She starts with the main section and builds out.
(b) From the bottom up.
(c) She starts with the water heater then builds around it.
(d) From the top down.

12. How does Will feel when he figures out who is shooting into his garage?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

13. Who does Ewell want to fix Will up with?
(a) His business partner.
(b) His sister.
(c) His cousin.
(d) The leading lady of his partner's adult movies.

14. Where does Allison get her water from?
(a) She brings back jugs of water from town.
(b) The greenhouse still has working plumbing.
(c) From the waterfall nearby.
(d) A stream runs through the greenhouse.

15. What does the runner suggest when Allison mentions that she's not sure where she's staying?
(a) He offers to take her to a boarding house.
(b) He suggests a hotel to her.
(c) He offers to take her to his house.
(d) He tells her where to find a shelter that she can use.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Allison's blond friend at the institution?

2. What does Leslie ask Will NOT to do at her engagement party?

3. Who shoots the bird on the hunting trip?

4. Why does Allison look at her drivers license several times?

5. What does Allison initially think she will use as a part of her pulley system to get the stove out of the cellar?

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