The Devil All the Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Donald Ray Pollock
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Devil All the Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Donald Ray Pollock
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of gun does Willard own?
(a) A German Luger.
(b) A Remington .30 rifle.
(c) A Colt .45.
(d) A double-barrel shotgun.

2. About what does Willard's mother ask Willard to pray?
(a) Going into the priesthood in the Catholic church.
(b) Going back to the diner to talk to the waitress he met there.
(c) Whether to go to college or take over the farm.
(d) Going to seminary.

3. What is one characteristic mentioned about Sandy Henderson?
(a) Honest.
(b) Fat.
(c) Kind.
(d) Skinny.

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

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

6. What does Willard begin doing again?
(a) Sacrificing animals.
(b) Giving Charlotte quake medicines to try to help her.
(c) Making Arvin stay home from school to pray.
(d) Making Arvin stay with his grandmother during the week days.

7. What does Carl do with the first hitchhiker?
(a) Kills him.
(b) Forces him strip and leave that way.
(c) Forces him to have sex with Carl.
(d) Forces her to have sex with Carl.

8. What do Willard and Arvin do for hours each day?
(a) Pray.
(b) Work on doing little things for Charlotte.
(c) Sit and talk with Charlotte.
(d) Work on remodeling the house.

9. What does Arvin secretly wish?
(a) His mother would hurry and get well so Arvin could have a dog.
(b) His mother would just die.
(c) His mother would get well but his father would die.
(d) His father would send Arvin away for good.

10. Who stops by where Arvin and his father are?
(a) The game warden.
(b) One of Arvin's uncles.
(c) Two hunters.
(d) The pastor.

11. What does Willard explain to his son about Willard's actions?
(a) He is cheating a scoundrel who deserves it.
(b) It is sometimes necessary to choose the time and place to fight back.
(c) He wants to increase the cow herd so Willard has some inheritance.
(d) His mother wants to go to her niece's wedding looking nicely.

12. About what is Hank fantasizing?
(a) Owning the local flower shop.
(b) Asking a certain girl out for a date.
(c) Going to Cincinnati for a baseball game.
(d) Playing for the Cincinnati Reds.

13. Why does Willard decide to move?
(a) To buy a bigger house for the growing familly.
(b) To get Arvin out of the city.
(c) To find a better doctor for Emma.
(d) To take up farming again.

14. About what is Sandy confused?
(a) How she got where she is.
(b) Why Carl is so good to her now after beating her.
(c) Why Carl wants her to abstain from sex.
(d) Where the hitchhiker went.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theodore say he once did?

2. What does Sandy do with the first hitchhiker mentioned?

3. What does Carl do after Sandy falls asleep?

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

5. Who is Edith?

(see the answer keys)

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