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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 does Sylder do after the man and his son leave?
(a) Rolls the body into a creek.
(b) Drives away leaving the body on the road.
(c) Puts the body in the truck.
(d) Puts the body in a shallow grave.

2. What is Kenneth's ultimate decision?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Macon.

3. With whom does Sylder live?
(a) His wife.
(b) Two dogs.
(c) His daughter.
(d) His son.

4. Kenneth asks the storekeep for the distance to what city?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Knoxville.

5. What is the only thing John Wesley finds in his animal traps?
(a) A toenail.
(b) A toad.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the orchard keeper go late at night?

2. Who picks up the whiskey on the orchard keeper's property and takes it the rest of the way on its journey?

3. Where is Kenneth when he enters a bar?

4. Where do the policemen begin their investigation?

5. The town of Red Branch is in the ___________________ Mountains.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the town where Marion Sylder is from and in what year was he born?

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

7. How does John Wesley acquire his animal traps?

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

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

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

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