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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How much time has passed since the last section of the novel?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Six days.

3. Sylder believes that _____________ prowl around the mountain invisibly.
(a) wolves.
(b) lemurs.
(c) cheetahs.
(d) wampus cats.

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

5. What do Sylder and June do when they find the two girls and a boy?
(a) Shoot them in the woods.
(b) Give them bus fare to get home.
(c) Give them a ride to Knoxville.
(d) Rape them and leave them in a remote area.

6. On what type of road is Sylder driving?
(a) Straight.
(b) Curving.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Interstate.

7. 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.

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

9. Who picks up the whiskey on the orchard keeper's property and takes it the rest of the way on its journey?
(a) The orchard keeper.
(b) Sylder.
(c) John Wesley.
(d) Mrs. Rattner.

10. How many animal traps does John Wesley get for his dollar?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

12. What surprises Sylder when he gets to his car after leaving a bar?
(a) Obscenities are painted on his car.
(b) His windshield is smashed.
(c) There is a man in his car.
(d) All his tires are flat.

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

14. What kind of animal does John Wesley kill?
(a) Fox.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Deer.
(d) Chickenhawk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gifford and ___________ are two local cops who investigate Sylder's crash.

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

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

4. Who is Kenneth Rattner's son?

5. Why had Sylder once blasted his wall with a shotgun?

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