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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. Who is Kenneth Rattner's son?
(a) John Wesley.
(b) John Warner.
(c) John William.
(d) James Ashely.

2. About what do Sylder and June question Jack the Runner?
(a) Where he left some people.
(b) What he's planting this year.
(c) Where his car broke down.
(d) If he wants a job.

3. Who saw Sylder arrive at the woods?
(a) Two boys.
(b) A man and his son.
(c) An old man.
(d) Two hunters.

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

5. Where does the orchard keeper go late at night?
(a) The pit with Kenneth Rattner's body.
(b) The Blue Fly Inn.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Green Valley Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bar which is tethered to a pine tree to keep it in place?

2. What does Sylder do with the dead body when he hears a truck coming?

3. How does Sylder kill the man?

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

5. What is Kenneth's ultimate decision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What other possible explanation could there be for Sylder's driving fast to elude the police?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does McCarthy set up the book's major irony in this chapter?

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

10. What does Sylder do after he is fired from his job?

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