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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Keith Landry feel about the things offered to him?
(a) Uncertain.
(b) Eager.
(c) Reticent.
(d) Not ready.

3. What is Annie's feeling about meeting Keith Landry?
(a) She's cold and aloof.
(b) She's emotional.
(c) She's angry.
(d) She's passionate.

4. What is Annie Baxter doing when we meet her?
(a) Watching her husband finish dinner.
(b) Finishing a legal case.
(c) Working late at the factory.
(d) Giving birth.

5. Why doesn't Cliff Baxter show up for their meeting?
(a) He was injured.
(b) He had a dinner to attend.
(c) He wanted to raise Keith Landry's anticipation.
(d) He knew he would be angry at Keith.

6. What does Keith Landry apologize for during his visit?
(a) Leaving for Vietnam.
(b) Killing people in Vietnam.
(c) Annoying car horns.
(d) Returning home.

7. What do the people Keith Landry visits tell him about what he apologizes for?
(a) That they have heard stories of Cliff Baxter's abuse of power.
(b) That they cannot forgive him.
(c) That they want revenge themselves.
(d) That they will help him find forgiveness himself.

8. Why doesn't Keith Landry stop at the Baxter house?
(a) He finds himself unable.
(b) He can't find it.
(c) His car breaks down.
(d) Cliff Baxter warns him away with a gun.

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

10. What are Annie Baxter's thoughts about taking a lover?
(a) She keeps her one lover well hidden from her husband.
(b) She has never thought about taking a lover.
(c) She only takes lovers when she travels.
(d) She has several lovers already.

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

12. Where does Cliff Baxter discover that Keith Landry is back in town?
(a) Keith Landry's house.
(b) The grocery store.
(c) The gas station.
(d) The police station.

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

14. When did Keith Landry return to his hometown?
(a) After World War II.
(b) After Desert Storm.
(c) After the Vietnam War.
(d) After the Cold War.

15. What did Keith Landry feel about splitting with Annie?
(a) Heartbroken.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Nostalgic.
(d) Liberated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Keith Landry spend his first week back in Spencerville?

2. What is Keith Landry feeling when he returns?

3. What doe Keith Landry arrange at the end of Chapter 12?

4. What does Keith Landry experience at the holiday gathering?

5. What is the primary influence on Keith Landry's feelings as he returns home?

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