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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Sylder dispose of the dead body?
(a) A riverbank.
(b) A lake.
(c) The woods.
(d) A mountain ravine.

2. Sylder sees the orchard keeper shooting ________________ in the side of a government tank.
(a) a cannon.
(b) a large "X".
(c) a swastika.
(d) a cross.

3. With what did Sylder cover up the corpse?
(a) A cedar tree.
(b) A load of dirt.
(c) A wooden plank.
(d) A mount of dead leaves.

4. With whom does Sylder live?
(a) His daughter.
(b) Two dogs.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

5. What does Sylder do after the man and his son leave?
(a) Drives away leaving the body on the road.
(b) Rolls the body into a creek.
(c) Puts the body in a shallow grave.
(d) Puts the body in the truck.

6. Sylder has an irrational fear of what type of animal?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Ferrets.
(d) Squirrels.

7. What happens to Sylder's car on the way to Maryville?
(a) The tailpipe falls off.
(b) The wipers won't work.
(c) A tire goes flat.
(d) It runs out of gas.

8. What does Sylder do every Saturday?
(a) Does his banking.
(b) Goes to the feed store.
(c) Drives the highway looking for hitchhikers.
(d) Takes his wife out to dinner.

9. Why is Sylder driving so fast?
(a) He is late for a meeting.
(b) He is an emergency responder.
(c) He is running from the police.
(d) He has to get to the hospital.

10. What kind of footwear is John Wesley wearing in the store?
(a) Galoshes.
(b) Slippers.
(c) Loafers.
(d) Boots.

11. Who is the old acquaintance that Marion sees at the bar?
(a) Cabe.
(b) Kenneth.
(c) Chuck.
(d) Roy.

12. Why is June's wife shocked to see Sylder and John Wesley?
(a) No one ever comes into this part of the woods.
(b) John Wesley is too young to be bootlegging.
(c) It is the middle of the night.
(d) They are covered in blood.

13. Gifford and ___________ are two local cops who investigate Sylder's crash.
(a) Lowell.
(b) Larouche.
(c) Lennon.
(d) Legwater.

14. Where is Kenneth when he enters a bar?
(a) A tiny mountain town.
(b) The outskirts of Memphis.
(c) Outside of Atlanta.
(d) Downtown Knoxville.

15. What happens as Sylder tries to elude the police?
(a) He suddenly stops.
(b) He careens off the road.
(c) He hits another car head on.
(d) He rolls the car into a ditch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the major inconveniences of the Rattner house?

2. What kind of job did Sylder have?

3. How much time has passed since the last section of the novel?

4. Where did Garland Hobie hid whiskey as a boolegger?

5. Which of the following does John Wesley's mother tell him about his father?

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