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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six - Serpents, Chapters 40 through 46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Carl's mood change on the way home?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He believes after the last kill he is cured.
(c) They come across a young man hitchhiking.
(d) He manages to have sex with Sandy.

2. Why does Willard start killing animals?
(a) He is angry at God.
(b) He is keeping them out of the flower garden which Charlotte enjoys.
(c) He is teaching Arvin how to hunt.
(d) He is convinced that blood sacrifices will save Charlotte.

3. With what does Willard become obsessed after learning of Charlotte's illness?
(a) Saving Charlotte through prayer.
(b) Making Charlotte's last year wonderful.
(c) Buying the house for Charlotte.
(d) Getting the best medical care for Charlotte.

4. How old is Arvin when Charlotte is diagnosed with cancer?
(a) 22.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

5. How does Willard account for the large amount of blood in the clearing when he kills Dunlap?
(a) Says he killed a wolf.
(b) Says he killed a groundhog.
(c) Says he killed a young calf.
(d) He does not say anything to anyone about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamie think of Sandy?

2. About what do three older boys taunt Lenora?

3. Why does Willard decide to move?

4. What do Willard and Arvin do for hours each day?

5. At what does Dunlap hint to Willard one day?

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