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

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

3. Who are the inhabitants of the truck?
(a) A man and wife.
(b) Two men.
(c) A sheriff's deputy.
(d) A man and his son.

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

5. What does the orchard keeper experience when he enters his house?
(a) Someone has trashed the place.
(b) He feels something move past him.
(c) A stranger is sitting in his chair.
(d) The fire is out of control.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sylder arrive in the middle of the night?

2. Why is Sylder driving so fast?

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

4. How were men killed at the Green Fly Inn?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sylder end up killing the man?

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

3. Who are Gifford and Legwater and what do they find at the scene of the car crash?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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