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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 type of fruit is the old man eating?
(a) Peach.
(b) Pears.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Apples.

2. Why does Sylder vomit in the woods?
(a) He feels guilt for killing the man.
(b) He has the flu.
(c) He ate bad seafood for dinner.
(d) The odor of the decaying body.

3. What is one of the major inconveniences of the Rattner house?
(a) No mail delivery.
(b) Leaky roof.
(c) No air conditioning.
(d) No indoor plumbing.

4. How were men killed at the Green Fly Inn?
(a) The porch collapsed.
(b) They were poisoned.
(c) There was a drive-by shooting.
(d) There was a knife fight.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Sylder and June question at the Green Fly Inn?

2. What was Sylder afraid of seeing outside his window at night?

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

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

5. What kind of animal does John Wesley scare away while hunting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Sylder end up killing the man?

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

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

5. How does John Wesley acquire his animal traps?

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

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

8. Describe the Green Fly Inn.

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

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

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