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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What came about as a result of Prohibition?
(a) Illegal drug use.
(b) World War II.
(c) Marijuana farms.
(d) Bootlegging.

2. What does Sylder do after he is fired?
(a) Calls his wife.
(b) Goes to a bar and then drives.
(c) Files for unemployment.
(d) Tries to commit suicide.

3. What kind of car did Sylder crash?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Malibu.
(c) Crown Victoria.
(d) Lincoln.

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

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

6. What is the result of Sylder's crash?
(a) He is killed instantly.
(b) His car is totalled.
(c) He drives away.
(d) He is severely wounded.

7. What does Sylder crash into when he careens off the road?
(a) A storefront.
(b) A huge tree.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A house.

8. Sylder and John Wesley walk to the house of Sylder's friend, _____________.
(a) June.
(b) Jake.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) James.

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

10. What is the name of the town where Marion Sylder was born?
(a) Red Branch.
(b) Red Bank.
(c) Red Vine.
(d) Red Fern.

11. What is Kenneth's ultimate decision?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Macon.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

12. Kenneth asks the storekeep for the distance to what city?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Chattanooga.

13. What kind of job did Sylder have?
(a) University.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Factory.
(d) Highway.

14. How far is it to Atlanta from where Kenneth is now?
(a) 17 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 57 miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Kenneth claim to need when asked by the storekeep?

2. Who had originally shown Sylder the corpse in the pit?

3. What was Sylder afraid of seeing outside his window at night?

4. What is Kenneth Rattner doing as the novel begins?

5. Where does Sylder dispose of the dead body?

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