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

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) The fire is out of control.
(d) Someone has trashed the place.

2. Where does the orchard keeper go late at night?
(a) Green Valley Inn.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) The Blue Fly Inn.
(d) The pit with Kenneth Rattner's body.

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

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

5. What kind of animal does John Wesley scare away while hunting?
(a) Deer.
(b) Fox.
(c) Raccoon.
(d) Rabbbit.

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

7. What reason does Sylder give for the man being under the truck?
(a) He is changing the oil.
(b) He is fixing the muffler.
(c) He is checking an oil leak.
(d) He is tightening some bolts.

8. What is the name of the bar which is tethered to a pine tree to keep it in place?
(a) Green Pine Inn.
(b) Green Fly Inn.
(c) Pinetree Inn.
(d) Come On Inn.

9. What does Sylder tell John Wesley was in Sylder's car?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Cocaine.

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

11. About what do Sylder and June question Jack the Runner?
(a) Where his car broke down.
(b) If he wants a job.
(c) What he's planting this year.
(d) Where he left some people.

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

13. What does Kenneth do at the gas station?
(a) Changes a tire.
(b) Gets directions.
(c) Wanders the aisles.
(d) Fills his car with gas.

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

15. In what year was Marion Sylder born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1913.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1944.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about Kenneth Rattner's widow and son?

2. What is the name of the town where Marion Sylder was born?

3. Who are the inhabitants of the truck?

4. Who is the old acquaintance that Marion sees at the bar?

5. What kind of animal does John Wesley kill?

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