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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

6. How does Sylder kill the man?
(a) Stabs him.
(b) Shoots him.
(c) Slits his throat.
(d) Crushes his windpipe.

7. Who saw Sylder arrive at the woods?
(a) A man and his son.
(b) Two boys.
(c) An old man.
(d) Two hunters.

8. How is the girl injured while watching John Wesley fish?
(a) A jellyfish stings her.
(b) She steps on a fish hook.
(c) A leech bites her.
(d) She falls out of a tree.

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

10. Where does Sylder arrive in the middle of the night?
(a) A lake resort.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) The middle of a woods.
(d) Maryville.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How were men killed at the Green Fly Inn?

2. What does Sylder offer to give John Wesley?

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

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

5. Where does the orchard keeper go late at night?

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