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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 lets bygones be bygones.
(d) He plays pranks on him.

2. What political goal is the town councilwoman starting?
(a) To punish Cliff Baxter for corruption.
(b) To remove Cliff Baxter from office.
(c) To get Cliff Baxter elected Governor.
(d) To crack down on local drug dealers.

3. What does Cliff Baxter wonder about Keith Landry?
(a) Where he will live.
(b) Where he will get a job.
(c) What missions he performed as a spy.
(d) Whether he intends to resume his relationship with Annie Baxter.

4. What kind of cars does Baxter Motors sell?
(a) Cadillac.
(b) BMW.
(c) Chevy.
(d) Ford.

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

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

7. What holiday does Keith Landry spend with family?
(a) Presidents' Day.
(b) Easter.
(c) Memorial Day.
(d) Labor Day.

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

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

10. Who drives by when Annie Baxter goes out to feed the dogs?
(a) A police car.
(b) Partying kids.
(c) Keith Landry.
(d) The garbage truck.

11. What is Annie Baxter's husband's job?
(a) Politician.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Police chief.
(d) Lawyer.

12. What does Annie Baxter do when she can't get her husband on the phone?
(a) Visits his mistresses one by one, with a loaded rifle.
(b) Goes to the bar with a loaded pistol.
(c) Waits for him with a loaded rifle. Goes looking for him.
(d) Goes to the police station to get help finding him.

13. What does Keith Landry feel in Chapter 3, as he walks through the farmhouse?
(a) Remorse for leaving.
(b) Nostalgia for his uncle.
(c) Sorrow over his parents' deaths.
(d) Longing for his first wife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Keith Landry spend the holiday with?

2. What does Cliff Baxter force Sherry Kolarik to do?

3. What source does Cliff Baxter expect this person to have gotten information from?

4. What are Annie Baxter's thoughts about taking a lover?

5. What do Keith Landry and his friends drink at dinner in Chapter 11?

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