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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the thing in Annie Baxter's pocket make her think?
(a) That she might escape from Spencerville.
(b) That Keith Landry is dead.
(c) That she will have to confront her husband after all.
(d) That she might get five minutes of happiness.

2. What is Cliff Baxter's reaction when Annie Baxter fires her gun?
(a) Lunges for her.
(b) Dies.
(c) Wets his pants.
(d) Runs out.

3. Where does the food come from that Keith Landry eats for dinner in Chapter 11?
(a) The Porters' garden.
(b) The local market.
(c) Landry's own farm.
(d) South Asia.

4. What does Keith Landry find when he returns home from the parsonage?
(a) His house has been searched.
(b) People are waiting for him.
(c) His house has burned down.
(d) His house has been burned down.

5. What is Keith Landry's attitude toward the person who shows up at his door?
(a) He beats him up.
(b) He holds a grudge and yells at him.
(c) He plays pranks on him.
(d) He lets bygones be bygones.

6. Who intervenes to break up the meeting peacefully?
(a) Annie Baxter.
(b) Cliff Baxter.
(c) Keith Landry.
(d) The pastor.

7. What has Billy Marlon become since the last time Keith Landry saw him?
(a) A cop.
(b) A drunk.
(c) A politician.
(d) A wealthy man.

8. When were Keith Landry and Annie Baxter lovers?
(a) While Annie Baxter was married to Cliff.
(b) After college.
(c) In high school.
(d) In Junior high.

9. What interrupts Cliff Baxter at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) The gun goes off unexpectedly.
(b) One of the policemen.
(c) The phone rings.
(d) A traveling salesman.

10. Where did Keith Landry work for many years?
(a) England.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Russia.
(d) Australia.

11. What was the correspondence between Keith and Annie like after their split?
(a) Casual.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Cold.
(d) Distant.

12. Who is Billy Marlon?
(a) A friend of Cliff Baxter's.
(b) A soldier from Keith Landry's platoon in Vietnam.
(c) An old boyfriend of Annie's.
(d) An old schoolmate of Keith Landry's.

13. What precedent is there for the thing Cliff Baxter forces Sherry Kolarik to do?
(a) Sherry Kolarik always had a number of traffic tickets to pay.
(b) Cliff Baxter had done this before when Sherry Kolarik had traffic tickets.
(c) Sherry Kolarik had access to information in the town and could give Cliff Baxter info.
(d) This had never happened before.

14. What are the policemen doing at the meeting?
(a) Arresting people.
(b) Harassing people.
(c) Protecting the demonstrators.
(d) Writing down license plate numbers.

15. What does Keith Landry ask about at the gas station?
(a) Job prospects.
(b) Gossip.
(c) Development plans.
(d) Changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keith Landry talk about with the dealer at Baxter Motors?

2. What did Keith Landry feel about splitting with Annie?

3. What do the cops threaten Keith Landry with?

4. Why doesn't Cliff Baxter show up for their meeting?

5. What does the warning say?

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