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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 - 158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the orchard keeper experience when he enters his house?
(a) He feels something move past him.
(b) A stranger is sitting in his chair.
(c) Someone has trashed the place.
(d) The fire is out of control.

2. What is the only thing John Wesley finds in his animal traps?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A toad.
(c) A snake.
(d) A toenail.

3. What is Sylder doing as this section of the novel begins?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Chopping wood.
(c) Driving.
(d) Eating.

4. What kind of animal do the boys have trapped in a cave?
(a) Weasel.
(b) Fox.
(c) Skunk.
(d) Rabbit.

5. What does the man in the car ask Sylder to do?
(a) Loan him some money.
(b) Take him to Atlanta.
(c) Give him a ride to Maryville.
(d) Buy him a bottle of whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylder tell John Wesley was in Sylder's car?

2. Which of the following boys does John Wesley encounter?

3. What does Sylder do with the dead body when he hears a truck coming?

4. What does the orchard keeper see in the snowy landscape?

5. What does Sylder do after he kills the man?

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