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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Will after he gets cleaned up and heads out in his car again?
(a) He wrecks his car.
(b) He ends up driving back to the greenhouse.
(c) He drives to Georgia.
(d) He gets lost.

2. Which of the following is NOT a trip that Will remembers taking with his wife?
(a) Going shopping in town.
(b) To Asheville to see her attorneys.
(c) To Charlotte, Chapel Hill, and Durham for games.
(d) Going to see plays in Raleigh.

3. Who does Allison think Will is when he first arrives at the greenhouse?
(a) An Atlantean.
(b) A hiker.
(c) Dr. Duk.
(d) Her father.

4. Where did Father Weatherbee spend fifty years of his life?
(a) Indonesia.
(b) India.
(c) China.
(d) The Philippines.

5. What happens when the hiker puts his hand on Allison's thigh?
(a) The dog growls and scares him away.
(b) They kiss.
(c) Allison won't look at him or talk.
(d) Allison slaps him.

6. How does Kitty find Will sleeping in his car?
(a) She parked next to him.
(b) She was part of a search party.
(c) Dr. Vance told her where he was.
(d) Allison told her where he was.

7. What does Will want to do when he leaves the country club parking lot?
(a) Go get his golf clubs.
(b) Go home to bathe and shave.
(c) Take his guns out on the mountain to shoot.
(d) Go back to Allison.

8. What nickname does Will give his father when he is talking to him in his head?
(a) Old Snake.
(b) Old Mole.
(c) Old Fox.
(d) Old Badger.

9. What does Will wear when he leaves the nursing home to get Allison from the greenhouse?
(a) A polo shirt and khakis.
(b) The cardigan that Leslie gave him.
(c) His pajamas.
(d) A suit and tie.

10. What does the narrator chalk up Kitty's "new age" beliefs to?
(a) He suggests that Kitty is crazy, too.
(b) Dr. Duk has influenced her.
(c) He says we're all Californians now.
(d) Allison's beliefs have influenced her.

11. What drug does Will have to take to keep him stable?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Insulin.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Lithium.

12. What does Leslie leave for Will in his room at the nursing home?
(a) His guns.
(b) Marion's lap robe.
(c) Magazines to read and movies to watch.
(d) New clothes, a pipe, and a Bible.

13. What does the doctor think is wrong with Allison?
(a) That she's pregnant.
(b) That she has schizophrenia.
(c) That she has a concussion.
(d) That she's on drugs.

14. What does Will decide makes men like wars?
(a) Men like guns.
(b) Men like to kill each other.
(c) Men aren't afraid of death.
(d) War makes peace desirable.

15. How does Will know how long he's been in the cave?
(a) He counts the sleeping pills.
(b) His watch has the date.
(c) He makes notches in the wall.
(d) He notes the days in a notebook.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Will falls into Allison's greenhouse, what is she anxious to show him?

2. What is the one part about her new life in the greenhouse that Allison doesn't like?

3. What do Mr. Ryan and Mr. Arnold get into a fight about?

4. What fruit does Allison tell Will she has just been eating when he arrives?

5. What animal does Will keep dreaming of in the cave?

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