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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. How old is the stove that Allison finds?
(a) 150-years-old.
(b) 50-years-old.
(c) 85-years-old.
(d) 8-years-old.

2. What perfume does Allison's mother, Kitty, wear?
(a) White Linen.
(b) Chantilly.
(c) Shalimar.
(d) Chanel No. 5.

3. What is the business that Ewell McBee wants Will to invest in?
(a) A film production company.
(b) A home entertainment video-cassette business.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A chain of gas stations.

4. How does Allison pick the hairstyle she wants?
(a) She tells the stylist to do whatever she likes.
(b) She wants the same style as the girl in the next seat.
(c) She points to a movie poster outside.
(d) She flips through a magazine.

5. Why does Will write Lewis a letter telling him that he is coming to visit him by coming through Lost Cove Cave?
(a) Because Lewis likes correspondence.
(b) So Lewis can find his body if he dies in the cave.
(c) So Lewis can come join him in the cave.
(d) Because Lewis doesn't have a telephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman with the brochures invite Allison to do?

2. How do Will and Ewell McBee first meet?

3. Why is it important that Allison read what is in the notebook?

4. Why does Allison go to see Jerry at Washau Motors?

5. What does Lewis Peckham show Will when they are looking for one of his out of bounds balls?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Will enters the greenhouse on his second visit?

3. Why does Allison want to move the old stove into her greenhouse?

4. What does Jimmy Rogers do during the golf game to annoy Will?

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

6. What is Will unhappy about during the game of golf with Ed Cupp, Bernie Peabody, Lewis Peckham, and Jimmy Rogers?

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

8. Why does Allison refuse Will's help in moving the stove?

9. What does Lewis think is wrong with Will?

10. Why is Allison hesitant to take the gift Will brings her?

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