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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 frightens Theo and the women as they walk to find the woodshed?
(a) Fresh footprints.
(b) A helicopter.
(c) A person standing at the lake.
(d) A bear.

2. What word does Rolf use to say that Theo is not the leader of this?
(a) Odyssey.
(b) Journey.
(c) Debacle.
(d) Expedition.

3. What is Julian concerned of as she watches the final placement of Luke's body?
(a) The SSP will find the body and be on their trail.
(b) She thought Rolf should be left in the consecrated ground.
(c) Luke hadn't confessed his sins.
(d) Animals will get to his body if not buried deep enough.

4. What promise does Theo leave Julian with after he tells her of the SSP's visit?
(a) The Five Fishes may use his country home for safety.
(b) He will not rest until the Five Fishes' goals are met.
(c) He will talk to Xan again.
(d) He will faithfully come if ever sent for.

5. What does Theo put in his pocket in Chapter 22?
(a) A kinfe.
(b) Prescription pills.
(c) Money he stole.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the weapons of the unwelcome visitors decorated with?

2. Why do Theo and the Five Fishes end up spending the night where the car got a flat tire?

3. What final act of decency does Theo bestow upon the couple?

4. What does Theo recall Xan announcing years prior at the place where the rest of the Five Fishes are hiding in Chapter 21?

5. What does Theo silently suggest Julian's baby should be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to Rolf after Theo awakes after Luke's burial? What does Theo expect he is doing and what is his response?

2. How does the book end?

3. How does Theo regard his feelings towards the person he meets at the market in Chapter 19? What does he decide he will do next?

4. What do Theo and Rolf discuss the morning after the car is pulled over? Do they seem to bond or argue?

5. What do Theo, Miriam, and Julian learn when they listen to the radio?

6. What does Helena tell Theo when he returns, and why does she want him off the phone?

7. How do Theo and the Five Fishes spend the rest of the relaxing day in Chapter 26?

8. What goes through Theo's mind when he sees the tree blocking the road in Chapter 27? What happens next?

9. What does Theo lash out at Julian over? What does he wish to do after, and what does he do instead?

10. What does Miriam inform Theo of in the car, and what is his reaction? Who knows and who doesn't know the secret?

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