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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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. Who does Keith Landry spend the holiday with?
(a) Uncle Joe.
(b) Aunt Betty.
(c) His brother.
(d) Annie Baxter.

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

4. Who does Keith Landry visit in Chapter 14?
(a) Billy Marlon.
(b) Annie Baxter.
(c) His neighbors.
(d) Cliff Baxter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Keith Landry ask about at the gas station?

2. Where does the food come from that Keith Landry eats for dinner in Chapter 11?

3. What does Keith Landry talk about with the dealer at Baxter Motors?

4. What does the thing in Annie Baxter's pocket make her think?

5. What does the warning say?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Keith Landry's relationship with Billy Marlon?

2. What does Keith Landry do now that he is back in his old hometown?

3. What is the role of infidelity in the Baxter household?

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

5. Describe the reunion between Jeffrey Porter and Keith Landry.

6. Descartes the meeting Gail Porter put together.

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

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

9. What are Keith Landry's feelings as we meet him?

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

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