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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 does Richard have to eat when he is on the houseboat with Malley and T.C. in Chapter 14?
(a) Bread and peanut butter.
(b) Granola bars.
(c) Potato chips.
(d) Catfish

2. At the end of Chapter 17, where does the bullet graze Skink when Tommy fires after the houseboat hits something?
(a) Kneecap.
(b) Ear.
(c) Hip.
(d) Shoulder.

3. What is the name of the man who rents Richard a Pathfinder fishing boat in Chapter 20?
(a) Penny.
(b) Quarter.
(c) Dime.
(d) Nickel.

4. What has drained the battery on the houseboat in Chapter 17?
(a) Bilge pump.
(b) Water pump.
(c) Heat.
(d) Lights.

5. What song does Skink mention when he says he has never been married?
(a) Somebody to Love.
(b) Surrender.
(c) Heart of Gold.
(d) Crazy on You.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years does Richard say that the Spanish forces tramped through the southeastern wilderness terrorizing, torturing, and enslaving the native Indians?

2. Where did Trent grow up?

3. When Richard wakes Skink from a nightmare at the beginning of Chapter 11, what is hanging in Skink's beard?

4. In Chapter 16, what does Tommy shoot when Malley tries to give him some aspirin for a fever?

5. How does Malley say that Richard tracked them down in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Tommy tries to gut a catfish?

2. What does Tommy say about getting married to Malley?

3. What is the man like that Richard hitches a boat ride with in Chapter 12?

4. Why does Richard not use bug repellant in Chapter 12?

5. How did Tommy's nose get hurt, and how does he say it got hurt?

6. What happens when Richard climbs a tree to get away from the boar that is chasing him in Chapter 19?

7. Why does Richard say that his stepfather is not a total wimp?

8. Why do Richard and Malley start walking in Chapter 18?

9. What does Richard sees when he first views the houseboat?

10. Why does Richard not think that he and Malley see an ivory-billed woodpecker in Chapter 18?

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