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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) peace.
(b) friends.
(c) money.
(d) honor.

2. How much money does John Wesley leave for the chickenhawk even though he could not get the corpse?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) Twenty-five cents.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Two dollars.

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

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

5. Where does Sylder's car die while on his whiskey run?
(a) On a muddy road.
(b) In front of the police station.
(c) On the bridge.
(d) On the interstate.

6. Where does Wylder get gas before going on another whiskey run?
(a) BP.
(b) The Moto Stop Shop.
(c) Mr. Bevins' shop.
(d) Mr. Eller's shop.

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

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

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

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

11. What does the orchard keeper see in the snowy landscape?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A cardinal.
(c) A fox.
(d) A pair of hunters.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following boys does John Wesley encounter?

2. What does John Wesley try to recover from the courthouse?

3. Why do Gifford and some other policemen arrive at Ownby's house?

4. What do the two men do with Ownby after they pick him up?

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

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