View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused tension between Keith Landry and Annie before Keith left for Vietnam?
(a) Keith Landry had another girlfriend.
(b) Keith Landry got weapons training.
(c) Annie wanted Keith Landry to marry her.
(d) Annie was against the war.

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

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

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

5. What do Keith Landry and his friends drink at dinner in Chapter 11?
(a) Cheap wine.
(b) Beer.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Scotch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of cars does Baxter Motors sell?

2. What is Keith Landry's attitude toward the person who shows up at his door?

3. What movement does Keith Landry hear about after dinner in Chapter 11?

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

5. What does Cliff Baxter wonder about Keith Landry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the farm Keith Landry returns to in Spencerville.

2. What is Cliff Baxter's relationship with Sherry Kolarik?

3. What is Keith Landry invited to do at the dinner he has at the Porter household?

4. What advice does the pastor give Keith Landry?

5. What is the state of Annie Baxter's relationship with Keith Landry at the beginning of the novel?

6. What happens on the night of Keith Landry's meeting with Cliff Baxter?

7. What does Keith Landry find when he returns home from the meeting at the Lutheran Church?

8. How does Cliff Baxter try to get information on Keith Landry?

9. Describe Annie's departure from Keith Landry's house.

10. How does Annie Baxter conclude that her husband is having an affair?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 825 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample