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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of animal does John Wesley kill?
(a) Deer.
(b) Chickenhawk.
(c) Fox.
(d) Rabbit.

2. What is Sylder doing as he drives away from the crash?
(a) Smokes a cigarette.
(b) Eats an apple.
(c) Combs his hair.
(d) Chews gum.

3. Where is the old man that saw Sylder in the woods?
(a) In church.
(b) In an orchard.
(c) In bed.
(d) In a hospital.

4. What does Sylder tell John Wesley was in Sylder's car?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Marijuana.

5. Sylder believes that _____________ prowl around the mountain invisibly.
(a) lemurs.
(b) wolves.
(c) cheetahs.
(d) wampus cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is driving the car that crashes in the woods?

2. Which of the following does John Wesley hear as he is searching for his traps?

3. Which of the following is true about Kenneth Rattner's widow and son?

4. With what did Sylder cover up the corpse?

5. Why is June's wife shocked to see Sylder and John Wesley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the voices in the woods tell John Wesley to do?

2. How does John Wesley happen to meet Sylder?

3. How does the author further the theme of ignorance and obscurity?

4. Where does Sylder dispose of the body and whose presence is he unaware of?

5. What does the man in Sylder's car want and what does Sylder end up doing?

6. What does the old man recall about the day he discovered the corpse buried in the peach pit?

7. What happens to Sylder after the flat tire is fixed?

8. What is Kenneth Rattner doing as the novel begins?

9. How does the author give the first clue that Sylder is a bootlegger?

10. What spooks the orchard keeper when he visits the peach pit where the corpse is buried?

(see the answer keys)

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