The Sweet Hereafter Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Sweet Hereafter Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Dolores' bus kept?
(a) School lot
(b) Barn
(c) Truck stop
(d) City garage

2. How many children from the family in #14 get on the bus?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 4

3. Where had the wrecked school bus been parked?
(a) The junkyard
(b) The city garage
(c) The sheriff's department
(d) At Billy's garage

4. Dolores always preferred to err ________________________.
(a) And be forgiven
(b) Only once
(c) On the side of the angels
(d) On her own terms

5. Who is Dolores' second passenger?
(a) Otter Bear
(b) Bear Otter
(c) Otto Goldstein
(d) Bear Otto

6. Billy has begun to _____________ death.
(a) Avoid
(b) Expect
(c) Embrace
(d) Anticipate

7. Dolores always acted __________________________.
(a) Impulsively
(b) As if things were real
(c) Crazy
(d) Sporadically

8. What does Billy consider his only companion now?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Scotch
(c) Pizza
(d) Late night TV

9. Which of the following did not happen to the bus in the crash?
(a) Slid into icy water
(b) Went over an embankment
(c) Caught on fire
(d) Swerved off the road

10. What does Dolores wonder about the dog that runs in front of the bus?
(a) Was it real?
(b) Did it have its shots?
(c) Was it a stray?
(d) Was it lost?

11. Which of the theories do the people in town not offer up?
(a) Dolores needs help for alcohol abuse
(b) The state should have put up guardrails
(c) There should not have been water in the sand pit
(d) Dolores should not have done her own maintenance on the bus

12. Who is Abbot Driscoll?
(a) Dolores' husband
(b) Dolores' father-in-law
(c) Dolores' son
(d) Dolores' brother-in-law

13. Who does most of the maintenance on Dolores' bus?
(a) Max
(b) Abbott
(c) Sam
(d) Dolores

14. Bear Otto's parents are _______________ and artists.
(a) Writers
(b) Sculptors
(c) Poets
(d) Ex-hippies

15. Who was Billy Ansel thinking of as he followed the school bus that fateful morning?
(a) Dolores Driscoll
(b) His twins
(c) His dead wife
(d) Risa Walker

Short Answer Questions

1. In what war did Billy serve?

2. Who is Mitchell Stephens?

3. What did Billy do the night before his children's funeral?

4. Why can the eye witness not able to say what happened in the bus crash?

5. How long has Dolores lived in this town?

(see the answer keys)

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