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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Willard later take Arvin?
(a) To the docks to buy merchandise.
(b) To the local bar.
(c) To the dry goods store.
(d) To visit the farmer next to their property.

2. What is the year of the opening of the first chapter?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1960.
(d) 2000.

3. Who greets Willard when he arrives home?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother and uncle.
(c) No one.
(d) His mother and his two sisters.

4. What does Willard decide he is going to do after watching his father?
(a) Not tell his mother about the incident.
(b) Be as tough as his dad.
(c) Learn to be more forgiving than his father.
(d) Get his mother a bracelet to wear with the silk.

5. What does Emma learn about Willard that makes her believe God has truly forgiven her for breaking her bargain with God?
(a) That Helen is happy.
(b) That Charlotte is the daughter of a preacher.
(c) That Willard's wife just gave birth to a boy.
(d) That Willard has a good job.

6. Where does the bus make a stop on Willard's way home?
(a) The Wooden Spoon Diner.
(b) The Wooden Indian truck stop.
(c) The Tingley crossroad.
(d) The Greasy Spoon Cafe.

7. Who is Lee Bodecker?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A coronor.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) A sheriff's deputy.

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

9. How does Arvin feel about his father's reaction to the statement about Charlotte?
(a) Arvin is outraged that his father is not listening.
(b) Arvin is certain his father will do something when it's appropriate to do so.
(c) Arvin admires his father's calmness.
(d) Arvin is disappointed.

10. What does Arvin consider the event that he witnesses?
(a) It was gratifying to know his father was looking out for Willard.
(b) It was enlightening.
(c) It is the best time he ever had with his father.
(d) He realizes his father has a soft side.

11. Of what does a woman accuse Sandy?
(a) Of stealing some money.
(b) Of coming on to her children.
(c) Of stealing some books from the library.
(d) Of being a whore.

12. About what does Dunlap hint among his friends?
(a) That he'd like to run for State Senate.
(b) That he'd like to have sex with Charlotte.
(c) That he hired a man to kill his law partner.
(d) That he'd like to move to the city.

13. Where is Hank Bell?
(a) In Remockstaff.
(b) In Dunlap's Flat.
(c) In Knockemstiff.
(d) In Mitchell's Flat.

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

15. What is the result of how others in the area see Arvin?
(a) Arvin is envied.
(b) Arvin is bullied.
(c) Others avoid Arvin.
(d) Others take advantage of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willard realize is not working to help Charlotte?

2. How is Charlotte's funeral described?

3. About what does Dunlap taunt Willard?

4. In what does Carl have faith?

5. Where is Willard going?

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