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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are people in town doing at the beginning of Chapter 3 that is getting on Spunk's nerves?
(a) Talking about Joe.
(b) Talking about Lena.
(c) Rearranging the store.
(d) Rewriting the curfew.

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

3. What color is the animal that comes into the house in Chapter 3?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

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

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

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

7. What does Lena do in Chapter 4?
(a) Wails.
(b) Repents.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Has a child.

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

9. What does Spunk believe is moving at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) The saw.
(b) His hands.
(c) His closet.
(d) His bed.

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

11. What does Spunk say he felt in Chapter 4?
(a) He felt Joe push him in the saw.
(b) He felt his soul leave him.
(c) He felt the breath leaving his body.
(d) He felt Joe's spirit in his house.

12. What comes into the house when Spunk and Lena are together?
(a) A wild dog.
(b) A snake.
(c) An owl.
(d) A bobcat.

13. Who is the character named "Jeff" in Chapter 4?
(a) Lena's new boyfriend.
(b) Elijah's brother.
(c) Spunk's son.
(d) Joe's father.

14. Who says that Spunk should be nervous after what he did to Joe?
(a) Spunk.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Lena.
(d) Walter.

15. What does Walter say is the only thing Joe ever wanted?
(a) Money.
(b) Lena.
(c) A family.
(d) Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says the animal must have been a "h'ant"?

2. What does Spunk say he will do for Joe after Spunk dies?

3. What happens to what the community brings to the wake?

4. Where does Spunk say he will go right after he dies?

5. Which character seems to have come out the winner in Chapter 4?

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