View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gifford and ___________ are two local cops who investigate Sylder's crash.
(a) Legwater.
(b) Larouche.
(c) Lennon.
(d) Lowell.

2. What happens as Sylder tries to elude the police?
(a) He careens off the road.
(b) He hits another car head on.
(c) He suddenly stops.
(d) He rolls the car into a ditch.

3. What kind of animal does John Wesley scare away while hunting?
(a) Raccoon.
(b) Deer.
(c) Fox.
(d) Rabbbit.

4. What does the orchard keeper do with a knife?
(a) Whittles a pipe.
(b) Circumcises the shotgun shells.
(c) Stabs an intruder.
(d) Peels an apple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What frightens the orchard keeper in the woods?

2. What does Sylder do after he is fired?

3. Why does Sylder vomit in the woods?

4. In what year was Marion Sylder born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the Green Fly Inn.

7. How does John Wesley happen to meet Sylder?

8. What does the orchard keeper do when he returns to his house?

9. What does Kenneth say he is looking for and why does this confuse the storekeep?

10. Where does Kenneth get a ride to and what is his ultimate destination?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,181 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample