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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sylder punch in the face while the man is sleeping?
(a) Milford.
(b) Gifford.
(c) Leggett.
(d) Uncle Ather.

2. What do the two men do with Ownby after they pick him up?
(a) Take him to a hotel.
(b) Take him to the police station.
(c) Take him to a soup kitchen.
(d) Take him to a cabin for breakfast.

3. Where does the large cat go after it lunges at Mrs. Rattner?
(a) Back to the outhouse.
(b) In search of food.
(c) Toward Uncle Ather's house.
(d) Off toward the woods.

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

5. How could John Wesley be charged with aiding a criminal?
(a) He gave money to an accused murderer.
(b) He gave a gun to a fugitive.
(c) He hid out a fugitive.
(d) The man he helped was a bootlegger.

6. How could the charges against John Wesley be dropped?
(a) If he would give information about Sylder.
(b) If he paid off the cops.
(c) They can't be dropped.
(d) If he got a good attorney.

7. What offense was John Wesley told he had committed?
(a) Trapping without a license.
(b) Driving without a license.
(c) No dog tags on his dog.
(d) Fishing without a license.

8. What does John Wesley tell Sylder about his traps?
(a) They are really producing.
(b) He bought more.
(c) They have been confiscated.
(d) He sold them.

9. How many police officers is Ownby accused of shooting?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

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

12. What does Sylder say when John Wesley offers to make Gifford pay for what he did to Sylder?
(a) All of these.
(b) He doesn't want John Wesley to get in any trouble.
(c) He wants John Wesley to stay out of it.
(d) It could mean more trouble for him if John Wesley did anything to Gifford.

13. With what other offense could John Wesley be charged?
(a) Murder.
(b) Aiding a criminal.
(c) Theft.
(d) Bootlegging.

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

15. Ownby states that the older he gets, _____________________.
(a) the worse his eyesight gets.
(b) the more memory he loses.
(c) the fewer things there are that he wants to do.
(d) the worse his hearing gets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does John Wesley go to visit Sylder?

2. What does Sylder's wife wonder about her husband when he returns from his drop-off?

3. What about Sylder's appearance shocks John Wesley?

4. What is Uncle Ather's real name?

5. How much is a mink worth?

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