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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylder secretly think after John Wesley leaves?
(a) He is anxious to get back to his whiskey runs.
(b) He wonders if his wife will bring lunch.
(c) He wants to repent.
(d) He hopes Gifford gets what he deserves.

2. What rouses the large cat in Ownby's outhouse?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) Rain seeping in.
(c) Lightning.
(d) A thunderclap.

3. What do the police choose not to reveal to Mildred Rattner about her husband?
(a) That he was having an affair.
(b) That he was wanted in three states.
(c) That he committed suicide.
(d) That he had another family in another state.

4. What kind of animal do the boys have trapped in a cave?
(a) Fox.
(b) Skunk.
(c) Weasel.
(d) Rabbit.

5. 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 cabin for breakfast.
(d) Take him to a soup kitchen.

6. How did Sylder lose part of his toe?
(a) An anchor dropped on it.
(b) A bullet grazed it.
(c) He got gangrene.
(d) A piano fell on it.

7. How does John Wesley manage to get into the jail to see Sylder?
(a) He claims to be his nephew.
(b) He claims to be his son.
(c) He offers up evidence to the cops.
(d) He breaks in during the night.

8. What is Sylder's destination as he drives tonight?
(a) A bar to meet his friends.
(b) The police station to turn himself in.
(c) A house to drop off whiskey.
(d) A hotel to meet his mistress.

9. How much does Warn say the mink is probably worth now that it is mangled?
(a) Five dollars.
(b) Worthless.
(c) Fifty cents.
(d) One dollar.

10. How many prior convictions does Sylder say he has had when questioned by the desk sergeant?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) One.

11. Who picks up Ownby when he is spotted walking with his dog?
(a) Two men in a car.
(b) The police.
(c) Mildred Rattner.
(d) Sylder.

12. How long does it take for Ownby to show up at the store and for Gifford to arrest him?
(a) One day.
(b) About a week.
(c) A couple of days.
(d) About a month.

13. What animals did the panther kitten's mother kill?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Lambs.
(d) Chickens.

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

15. What does John Wesley bring to Ownby in the mental asylum?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Books.
(d) Magazines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal do the boys hope to trap for its value?

2. Why does Sylder feel a strong sense of doom as he tries to fall asleep?

3. Who arrives at the jail to provide some assistance to Ownby?

4. Where does the large cat go after it lunges at Mrs. Rattner?

5. Whose hideout is in a cave?

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