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

2. What do Sylder and June do when they find the two girls and a boy?
(a) Give them a ride to Knoxville.
(b) Rape them and leave them in a remote area.
(c) Give them bus fare to get home.
(d) Shoot them in the woods.

3. Why was Sylder fired from his job?
(a) Theft.
(b) Fight with a co-worker.
(c) Extreme absenteeism.
(d) Fraud.

4. How had Kenneth injured his leg?
(a) Cut from barbed wire.
(b) A dog bite.
(c) Motorcycle burn.
(d) Gunshot wound.

5. Which of the following does John Wesley hear as he is searching for his traps?
(a) An approaching car.
(b) Cracking trees.
(c) Splashing water.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylder do every Saturday?

2. What is the result of Sylder's crash?

3. How many animal traps does John Wesley get for his dollar?

4. What type of fruit is the old man eating?

5. What does the orchard keeper do with a knife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the most that John Wesley has ever caught in his traps?

2. What does Mrs. Rattner tell John Wesley about his father?

3. How does John Wesley acquire his animal traps?

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

5. What is life like now for Kenneth Rattner's widow and son, John Wesley, since Rattner is dead?

6. What is the symbolism of the old man firing on the government tank on his property?

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

8. Why is the old man afraid of cats and what extreme measures has he taken to keep them at bay?

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

10. What do Sylder and June do when they locate the young hitchhikers?

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