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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 will have to confront her husband after all.
(b) That she might escape from Spencerville.
(c) That Keith Landry is dead.
(d) That she might get five minutes of happiness.

2. How does Keith Landry spend his first week back in Spencerville?
(a) Working around the farm.
(b) Looking for houses.
(c) Writing to Annie.
(d) Looking for a job.

3. What does Keith Landry talk about with the dealer at Baxter Motors?
(a) Changes in Spencerville.
(b) Annie Baxter.
(c) Cliff Baxter.
(d) House prices.

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

5. What does Annie promise Keith Landry?
(a) That she will never see him again.
(b) That she will see him soon.
(c) That she has not stopped loving him.
(d) That she never loved him.

6. What does Annie Baxter have in her pocket when we meet her?
(a) A pile of bills.
(b) A letter she wrote to Keith Landry.
(c) A bus ticket.
(d) A man's phone number.

7. What caused Keith Landry to return home?
(a) He was censured for negligence.
(b) His cover was blown.
(c) He retired.
(d) The end of the Cold War put him out of a job.

8. What does Cliff Baxter force Sherry Kolarik to do?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Pay her parking tickets.
(c) Give him information about Keith Landry.
(d) Perform a sexual act.

9. Where does Keith Landry return to?
(a) His sister-in-law's house in Spencerville.
(b) His family farm in Spencerville.
(c) His brother's trailer in Spencerville.
(d) His parents' apartment in Spencerville.

10. What does Keith Landry think his presence means for Annie?
(a) Harmless nostalgia.
(b) Opportunity.
(c) Redemption.
(d) Danger.

11. What is Keith Landry thinking about as he drives around?
(a) What Cliff Baxter thinks about him being back.
(b) When he will have to confront Cliff Baxter.
(c) Where he will live.
(d) Where he will get a job.

12. Whose graves does Keith Landry visit at the cemetery?
(a) Comrades'.
(b) Old girlfriends'.
(c) Old friends'.
(d) Relatives'.

13. What is the meeting about?
(a) Getting rid of Cliff Baxter as police chief.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Keith Landry's return.
(d) Zoning.

14. What source does Cliff Baxter expect this person to have gotten information from?
(a) DMV.
(b) Annie Baxter.
(c) Keith Landry's family.
(d) Realtors.

15. Where do Keith Landry go in Chapter 10?
(a) To Annie Baxter's house.
(b) To town.
(c) To Toledo.
(d) To the police station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Keith Landry stop at the Baxter house?

2. What do Keith Landry and his visitor do together?

3. What is Annie Baxter's husband's job?

4. What is Cliff Baxter determined to do as he thinks about Keith Landry?

5. What does Keith Landry drive around to look at in Chapter 5?

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