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

2. What does John Wesley take with him to check his traps?
(a) Knife.
(b) Bag.
(c) Flashlight.
(d) Rope.

3. Sylder has an irrational fear of what type of animal?
(a) Cats.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Ferrets.

4. What does Sylder crash into when he careens off the road?
(a) A huge tree.
(b) A storefront.
(c) A house.
(d) A gas station.

5. Where do the policemen begin their investigation?
(a) A local store.
(b) Homes in the area.
(c) A local church.
(d) A diner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sylder's dog?

2. What kind of animal does John Wesley kill?

3. Where does Sylder dispose of the dead body?

4. What does the orchard keeper do after he discharges his shotgun shells?

5. Where is Kenneth when he enters a bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sylder end up killing the man?

2. Describe the Green Fly Inn.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the whiskey running process in place in the area and what is Sylder's role in it?

8. How does John Wesley happen to meet Sylder?

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

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

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