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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people talk about in the last line of Chapter 4?
(a) How glad they are that things turned out the way they did.
(b) Where the next funeral will be.
(c) Who will be Lena's next partner.
(d) Where Spunk's spirit will show up.

2. Which character seems to have come out the winner in Chapter 4?
(a) Spunk.
(b) Joe.
(c) Elijah.
(d) Lena.

3. What does Spunk claim is happening to him at work in Chapter 3?
(a) Someone is pushing him toward the saw.
(b) He is being as productive as ever.
(c) He is getting headaches.
(d) He is seeing ghosts.

4. What happens to what the community brings to the wake?
(a) They float up in the sky.
(b) It is eaten.
(c) They are blessed by the preacher.
(d) They are burned.

5. Who does Spunk move out of her home?
(a) Elijah's daughter.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) Lena.

6. What words does Spunk use to describe Joe right before Spunk dies?
(a) A smart cat.
(b) A dirty sneak.
(c) An evil man.
(d) A respectable figure.

7. What does the animal in Chapter 3 do?
(a) Growls.
(b) Flies in and out of the bedroom.
(c) Walks around the house and howls.
(d) Crawls under the bed.

8. What does Spunk call Elijah before he dies?
(a) 'Lige.
(b) His soul mate.
(c) A haunt.
(d) Joe's spirit.

9. What does Spunk call Joe before Spunk dies?
(a) A saint.
(b) A god.
(c) A real man.
(d) A louse.

10. What does Spunk say he will do for Joe after Spunk dies?
(a) He will help him come back to life.
(b) He will make him a nice bed.
(c) He will leave Lena forever.
(d) He will make hell too hot for him.

11. Who says the animal must have been a "h'ant"?
(a) Walter.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Spunk.
(d) Joe.

12. Who is Walter talking to in Chapter 3?
(a) Elijah.
(b) Joe's father.
(c) Himself.
(d) Lena.

13. How does Spunk plan to kill the animal?
(a) By strangling it.
(b) With a gun.
(c) By scaring it to death.
(d) With a knife.

14. Where does Spunk move in the beginning of Chapter 3?
(a) Miami.
(b) The Bradley House.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Into Lena's home.

15. Who tells the resolution of the story?
(a) Lena.
(b) A third-person narrator.
(c) Joe.
(d) Spunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the character named "Jeff" in Chapter 4?

2. How does Spunk die?

3. What does Lena do in Chapter 4?

4. What does the community bring to the wake?

5. Where is Spunk when he dies?

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