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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 Leslie's nickname for Will?
(a) Pops.
(b) Poppy.
(c) Dad.
(d) Old Pappy.

2. How old was Will when we went on the cross country trip with his father?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Thirteen.

3. What word is Allison unsure of?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Home.

4. What errand does Will ask Allison to do that she's nervous about?
(a) Go to the doctor.
(b) Drive his car.
(c) Go to Western Union.
(d) Go to the library.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will propose that he do for Slocum's law office?

2. Whose deathbed quote comes to Will's mind as he looks at himself in the Mercedes rearview mirror?

3. Why does Allison think she should work with comatose patients?

4. What does Will decide makes men like wars?

5. What has Kitty just finished doing when she wakes up Will in his car?

Short Essay Questions

1. What forces Will to leave the cave?

2. What urgent message does Bernie have for Will when Will gets back home after being away in the cave and the greenhouse?

3. How does Allison find Will?

4. How does Allison feel about doing the errands that Will asks her to do?

5. What happens to Will's guns at the end of the novel?

6. What happened to the tiger skeleton that used to be in the cave?

7. Where has Will's daughter, Leslie, moved while he has been away at the cave and the greenhouse?

8. Why does Will get into a fight with Kitty at the nursing home?

9. What is the first thing Kitty says after Will recognizes her when she wakes him up in his car in the parking lot?

10. What makes Allison feel like she needs another person in her life?

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