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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 196 - 215.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kenneth Rattner doing as the novel begins?
(a) Playing checkers.
(b) Hitchhiking.
(c) Reading a map.
(d) Sleeping.

2. What is Uncle Ather's real name?
(a) Arthur Oglesby.
(b) Arthur Ogilvy.
(c) Arthur Ownby.
(d) Arthur Owens.

3. Why does Sylder feel a strong sense of doom as he tries to fall asleep?
(a) He worries that John Wesley will squeal on him.
(b) He wonders why the orchard keeper was shooting the tank.
(c) He thinks Gifford will figure out who hit him.
(d) He thinks he has a fatal illness.

4. What does Sylder do after he kills the man?
(a) Falls unconscious.
(b) Drives away.
(c) Vomits.
(d) Runs away.

5. What does the orchard keeper do with a knife?
(a) Peels an apple.
(b) Whittles a pipe.
(c) Stabs an intruder.
(d) Circumcises the shotgun shells.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which policeman has threatened John Wesley?

2. On what type of road is Sylder driving?

3. What was Sylder's position in the armed forces?

4. What does John Wesley do after his mother goes to sleep?

5. Where is the old man that saw Sylder in the woods?

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