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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 had another family in another state.
(d) That he committed suicide.

2. What does Sylder's wife wonder about her husband when he returns from his drop-off?
(a) Why his shoes are muddy.
(b) Why he has lipstick on his cheek.
(c) Why his coat is wet.
(d) Why he is laughing.

3. Ownby tells John Wesley that there are some things that a person just has to do, because unless he does them he will have no _____________.
(a) money.
(b) honor.
(c) friends.
(d) peace.

4. What does Ownby want to bring with him when he is arrested?
(a) His rifle.
(b) His dog, Scout.
(c) His knife.
(d) His moonshine jug.

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

6. Why does Gifford want to see Sylder?
(a) To get a confession out of him.
(b) To release him.
(c) To beat him up for socking him on the jaw.
(d) To read him his rights.

7. How much money does John Wesley give to Sylder?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Two dollars.
(c) Fifty cents.
(d) Twenty dollars.

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

9. Who arrives at the jail to provide some assistance to Ownby?
(a) Officer Gifford.
(b) John Wesley.
(c) A welfare department agent.
(d) Mildred Rattner.

10. What type of animal has been asleep in Ownby's outhouse?
(a) Dog.
(b) Panther.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Fox.

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

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

13. Who hears the wildcat's final death scream?
(a) John Wesley.
(b) Mr. Eller.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Ownby.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Wesley bring to Ownby in the mental asylum?

2. To whose house do the boys go to talk about the skunk?

3. Ownby states that the older he gets, _____________________.

4. What was Sylder's position in the armed forces?

5. What does Sylder say when John Wesley offers to make Gifford pay for what he did to Sylder?

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