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

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

3. Who do Sylder and June question at the Green Fly Inn?
(a) Jack the Idiot.
(b) Jack the Rapist.
(c) Jack the Runner.
(d) Jack the Ripper.

4. What surprises Sylder when he gets to his car after leaving a bar?
(a) There is a man in his car.
(b) His windshield is smashed.
(c) Obscenities are painted on his car.
(d) All his tires are flat.

5. In what year was Marion Sylder born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1913.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylder do after the man and his son leave?

2. With what did Sylder cover up the corpse?

3. What movement is in effect in America at this point in time?

4. Who had originally shown Sylder the corpse in the pit?

5. What does Kenneth do at the gas station?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the circumstances in which Sylder once again encounters the old man?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Sylder dispose of the body and whose presence is he unaware of?

8. What insight is revealed about Sylder's background?

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

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

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