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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what was John Wesley arrested?
(a) Bootlegging.
(b) Aiding a criminal.
(c) He was not arrested.
(d) Murder.

2. To whom does John Wesley show the mangled mink?
(a) Ownby.
(b) Sylder.
(c) Warn.
(d) Mildred.

3. What does Sylder tell John Wesley that Gifford will never do?
(a) Trace the wrecked car to Sylder.
(b) Find Sylder's house.
(c) Arrest a fourteen-year-old boy.
(d) Find Sylder's pick-up points.

4. How much is a mink worth?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) 5 dollars.
(c) 10 dollars.
(d) 25 dollars.

5. How much prison time does Sylder get for running whiskey?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) Six months.

6. Why does Officer Legwater sift through the ashes in the peach pit?
(a) To find Rattner's platinum plate.
(b) To find bullet casings.
(c) To find Ownby's still parts.
(d) To find Ownby's knife.

7. What is the name of Ownby's dog?
(a) Scout.
(b) Ranger.
(c) Sam.
(d) Max.

8. In the war, Sylder lost part of his __________.
(a) leg.
(b) arm.
(c) toe.
(d) ear.

9. Sylder is told that _____________ wants to see him.
(a) Mildred.
(b) John Wesley.
(c) Gifford.
(d) Ownby.

10. Huffaker tells Gifford that Ownby comes to the store __________________.
(a) almost every day.
(b) every day.
(c) once a year.
(d) occasionally.

11. To whose house do the boys go to talk about the skunk?
(a) Widow Rennart's.
(b) Uncle Ather's.
(c) Sylder's.
(d) Mr. Wren's.

12. Where does the orchard keeper drag some trees?
(a) To his moonshine still.
(b) To the back of his house.
(c) To the lumberyard.
(d) To the peach pit where Rattner's body was dumped.

13. Uncle Ather tells the boys about a time when he caught a _______________.
(a) panther kitten.
(b) fox.
(c) bear.
(d) shark.

14. The orchard keeper feels a combination of anguish and ___________ about the dead man.
(a) joy.
(b) grief.
(c) relief.
(d) sorrow.

15. Who is the storekeep that Gifford questions about Ownby?
(a) Hufnagle.
(b) Holmsby.
(c) Huffaker.
(d) Hammaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what branch of the armed forces did Sylder serve?

2. Who does Sylder punch in the face while the man is sleeping?

3. What has happened to the corpse in the peach pit?

4. Where does Ownby position himself to get off good shots at the officers?

5. Which policeman has threatened John Wesley?

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