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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do preachers do following the murders?
(a) Ask the public to pray for Jimmie's capture.
(b) Join the police in their pursuit.
(c) Spread the news in their services.
(d) Hold an over the top funeral for the victims.

2. Who does Jimmie begin to write a letter to?
(a) The police.
(b) Mr.Newby.
(c) Gilda.
(d) Tabidgi.

3. What does Jimmie take from the old man's house?
(a) Food and alcohol.
(b) A heavy blanket and clothes.
(c) A shawl, a blanket, and some food.
(d) A rifle and some food.

4. Who brings the man to be hung to Mr. Hyberry?
(a) The wardens.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A janitor.
(d) A priest.

5. Who does Jimmie want to kill instead of Mr. Newby?
(a) Mrs. Newby.
(b) Himself.
(c) Miss Graf.
(d) The minister.

6. When does Dowie arrive at the Healy's?
(a) The morning after Jimmie and Mort.
(b) A day after Jimmie and Mort.
(c) A week after Jimmie and Mort.
(d) An hour after Jimmie and Mort.

7. How does Mort die?
(a) Mort drowns.
(b) Mort is hanged.
(c) Mort is shot.
(d) Mort is hit in the head with a blunt tool.

8. Where does Jimmie suggest they put McCreadie?
(a) On a farmer's veranda.
(b) Near a camp.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) By the river.

9. Who answers the door at the Newby's house when Jimmie and Tabidgi visit?
(a) Mrs. Newby's daughter.
(b) Mrs.Newby.
(c) Miss Graf.
(d) The butler.

10. Where does Jimmie actually leave McCreadie?
(a) By a main road.
(b) In a church.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In Jimmie's tracks.

11. After Jimmie is injured, what does he eat?
(a) Honey.
(b) A carrot.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) A lemon.

12. In which direction do Jimmie and the others flee after the attack?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

13. What does McCreadie tell Jimmie after they rebuild the holy place?
(a) Mort is sick.
(b) Jimmie and Mort must hide at the holy place.
(c) Mort cannot last as long as Jimmie.
(d) Jimmie must leave Mort.

14. What time do the brothers arrive at a small house in Chapter 11?
(a) Four o'clock.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Nine o'clock.
(d) Three o'clock.

15. What evidence does Dowie find in the schoolteacher's house?
(a) Blood on a pillow.
(b) Blood on the couch.
(c) Blood on a rag.
(d) Blood on a towel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the holy place shaped like?

2. What does Mr. Hyberry tell Ted he would never do?

3. After Mort dies, how many hours pass before Dowie arrives?

4. After the violent attack on the Newby household, who does NOT flee with Jimmie?

5. What is the committee that the town has formed for?

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