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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Willard shoot and kill as a mercy?
(a) A soldier who is smashed under a tank.
(b) A soldier who is skinned and crucified.
(c) A young boy who has lost the lower half of his body.
(d) A soldier who is fatally wounded by a grenade.

2. At what does Dunlap hint to Willard one day?
(a) That Dunlap could take Arvin on as an apprentice for a price.
(b) That he is going to evict Willard.
(c) That Willard might be able to earn the house free and clear.
(d) That Dunlap could pay for a good doctor for Charlotte.

3. Who is Charlotte?
(a) Arvin's aunt who is married to the uncle who stops by.
(b) Arvin's mother.
(c) Arvin's oldest sister.
(d) Arvin's younger sister.

4. What does Arvin do for hours one night when his father sends him to the prayer log?
(a) Sleeps on the blood soaked ground.
(b) Curses his father.
(c) Shouts his prayers.
(d) Cries.

5. About what does Dunlap taunt Willard?
(a) The disparity in the two men's incomes.
(b) That Willard's wife has her eye on Dunlap.
(c) That Arvin is small for his age.
(d) That Dunlap will never sell the house to a loser.

6. Where does Willard put the animal carcasses?
(a) In the field to warn off the other animals from the garden.
(b) He burns them.
(c) In the prayer clearing.
(d) In the cellar.

7. What does Willard tells Arvin when Willard comes to the clearing?
(a) Willard is sorry for killing Arvin's dog.
(b) Charlotte wants to speak to Arvin.
(c) Charlotte is well.
(d) Charlotte is dead.

8. What does Arvin's father tell Arvin to do about the situation with other?
(a) Stand up for himself.
(b) Start saying no.
(c) To stop thinking so highly of himself.
(d) Realize that others just are jealous of his brilliance and take it as a compliment.

9. What is Willard doing?
(a) Resting in the sun after using the scythe for several hours.
(b) Praying.
(c) Toasting a good friend.
(d) Checking the fetlock on one of the horses.

10. What does Hank give Arvin?
(a) A chocolate bar.
(b) A free soda.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A bag of licorice.

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

12. What is said about Charlotte?
(a) That Charlotte is the prettiest woman he'd ever seen.
(b) That Charlotte is keeping company with the wrong sort.
(c) That Charlotte is expecting again.
(d) That Charlotte is going to be hard to get married off being so plain.

13. For what does Willard ask God regularly?
(a) His wife to become pregnant again.
(b) Patience with Dunlap.
(c) The strength not to kill Dunlap.
(d) His son to get bigger.

14. Where does Arvin join his father?
(a) At his father's regular evening prayer.
(b) Cutting hay in the west field.
(c) Having a drink at a pub.
(d) Grooming the horses.

15. About whom does Theodore sing?
(a) Roy.
(b) Emma.
(c) Charlotte.
(d) Willard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the year of the opening of the first chapter?

2. What does Theodore say he once did?

3. Why does Willard start killing animals?

4. Upon what are Arvin and his father seated?

5. With what does Willard become obsessed after learning of Charlotte's illness?

(see the answer keys)

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