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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What came in between Keith Landry and Jeffrey Porter?
(a) Jeffrey Porter's opposition to the war in Vietnam.
(b) Money.
(c) Annie.
(d) Keith Landry's work at Jeffrey Porter's father's business.

2. What is the primary influence on Keith Landry's feelings as he returns home?
(a) Seeing the family place.
(b) The bills he returns to.
(c) Meeting his family again.
(d) His forced retirement.

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

4. Who invites Keith Landry to a meeting while he is trying to write a letter to Annie?
(a) Gail Porter.
(b) Cliff Baxter.
(c) Billy Marlon.
(d) Annie.

5. What precedent is there for the thing Cliff Baxter forces Sherry Kolarik to do?
(a) This had never happened before.
(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) Cliff Baxter had done this before when Sherry Kolarik had traffic tickets.

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

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

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

9. What is Keith Landry wondering as he returns home?
(a) How he will fit in.
(b) How long he will live.
(c) How long he will stay there.
(d) How he will make ends meet.

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

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

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

13. Where does Keith Landry have dinner in Chapter 11?
(a) His own house.
(b) His aunt's house.
(c) Annie Baxter's house.
(d) The Porter home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie Baxter wonder as we meet her?

2. What is Keith Landry supposed to do, to play his part in the movement that's supposed to be gaining traction?

3. Who shows up at Keith Landry's door a few days after the holiday?

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

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

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