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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 does Mrs. Woodmoore interrupt when she comes to talk to John in Chapter 12?
(a) His sponge bath.
(b) His painkiller dose.
(c) His breakfast.
(d) His agreeing to take Marion back.

2. In Chapter 8, Wallace reveal Carl to be what?
(a) A homosexual.
(b) A rapist.
(c) A racist.
(d) A drug dealer.

3. What did Carl hit in his crash?
(a) A guard rail.
(b) A tree.
(c) An embankment.
(d) Another car.

4. In Chapter 12, where does Fay say she thinks she can get a job?
(a) A church.
(b) The lumberyard.
(c) The Dairy Queen.
(d) A day care.

5. Which character dies over the course of the novel?
(a) Carl.
(b) Taft.
(c) John.
(d) Franklin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of whiskey do Carl and John share in Chapter 7?

2. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Woodmoore keep quiet in the house after the wounded John arrives in Chapter 11?

3. What does Franklin ask to do at the end of Chapter 7?

4. In Chapter 7, why does Fay want John to apologize to her?

5. Which of the following is in Carl's pocket when John interrogates him in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fay ask John at dinner in Chapter 9?

2. Why is John deeply gladdened by his morning with Marion and Franklin in Chapter 11?

3. Why does Taft ask his children to stay home Friday night?

4. How does Marion's friend, the doctor, help John in Chapter 11?

5. How do Ruth, Fay and Cyndi gang up on John at the beginning of Chapter 9?

6. How is John shot in Chapter 11?

7. Why is Taft shaken by the site of Carl's accident in Chapter 10?

8. How do Carl and John bond in Chapter 7?

9. How does Taft die in Chapter 12?

10. What happens at dinner in Chapter 7.

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