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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. 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.

2. Who shoots the bird on the hunting trip?
(a) The guide.
(b) Will's father.
(c) Another hunter.
(d) Will.

3. What gun did Will's father carry on their hunting trip?
(a) An English Greener twelve-gauge shotgun.
(b) A Browning rifle.
(c) A Sterlingworth shotgun.
(d) A German Luger pistol.

4. Which of these is NOT one of the treasures that Allison finds in the cellar of the burned down estate?
(a) Block and tackle.
(b) Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini.
(c) An iron stove.
(d) A stained glass window.

5. 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 been cursed by God.
(c) It means that he's getting old.
(d) He just attributes it to his poor health with no further meaning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Allison tell Dr. Duk she was trying to do when her mother found her in the closet?

2. When Allison remembers her last visit with Dr. Duk, what does he tell her he wants to do?

3. What is Ed Cupp's relationship to Will Barrett?

4. What is Allison looking at in the beginning of Chapter 2 that resembles a head?

5. During the fivesome golf game, what unusual thing does Will find himself doing with his golf club when he is hunting for his out of bounds ball?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of shady business proposition does Ewell McBee make to Will?

2. What is it that Will Barrett realizes when he falls down during the golf game at the opening of the novel?

3. How does Allison find out where her aunt's estate is?

4. What does Lewis think is wrong with Will?

5. What makes Allison feel like she needs to move quickly to get the stove into the greenhouse?

6. How does Allison get the large iron cook stove into the greenhouse?

7. What happens when Will gets home from the Sunday golf game and sits in his garage?

8. What does Allison talk to the man in the garage of Washau Motors about?

9. Why does Allison buy herself new clothes when she gets to Linwood?

10. What makes Allison ask Will if he is still angry?

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