View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sylder tell John Wesley about Gifford?
(a) He will be back to arrest them.
(b) He was bluffing John Wesley.
(c) He is a very dangerous man.
(d) He is an idiot.

2. Which of the following describes Ownby's demeanor while being questioned by the welfare agent?
(a) Obstinate.
(b) All of these.
(c) Vague.
(d) Non-receptive.

3. What does Sylder say when John Wesley offers to make Gifford pay for what he did to Sylder?
(a) He doesn't want John Wesley to get in any trouble.
(b) All of these.
(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.

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

5. In what branch of the armed forces did Sylder serve?
(a) Marines.
(b) Navy.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Army.

6. What is the widow Rattner's first name?
(a) Marie.
(b) Mamie.
(c) Millie.
(d) Mildred.

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

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

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

10. What is Uncle Ather's job?
(a) Electrician.
(b) Deputy.
(c) Orchard keeper.
(d) Bootlegger.

11. Which is true of the orchard keeper's environment when he awakens?
(a) All of these.
(b) Nothing is stirring.
(c) Everything is quiet.
(d) It has snowed.

12. Why is Ownby going to be arrested?
(a) For defacing the government tank.
(b) For bootlegging.
(c) For murder.
(d) For gun smuggling.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sylder's car die while on his whiskey run?

2. What dead animal does the large cat find?

3. Where is Ownby heading when he leaves his house from the back door?

4. How much money does John Wesley leave for the chickenhawk even though he could not get the corpse?

5. Where does the large cat find refuge from the rain?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 431 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample