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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 he is fired?
(a) Goes to a bar and then drives.
(b) Calls his wife.
(c) Files for unemployment.
(d) Tries to commit suicide.

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

3. Sylder sees the orchard keeper shooting ________________ in the side of a government tank.
(a) a cross.
(b) a large "X".
(c) a swastika.
(d) a cannon.

4. What do Sylder and June do when they find the two girls and a boy?
(a) Give them bus fare to get home.
(b) Give them a ride to Knoxville.
(c) Rape them and leave them in a remote area.
(d) Shoot them in the woods.

5. What kind of animal does John Wesley scare away while hunting?
(a) Rabbbit.
(b) Raccoon.
(c) Deer.
(d) Fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what type of road is Sylder driving?

2. What surprises Sylder when he gets to his car after leaving a bar?

3. Why is Sylder driving so fast?

4. Who is the old acquaintance that Marion sees at the bar?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Sylder end up killing the man?

7. How does John Wesley happen to meet Sylder?

8. Describe the Green Fly Inn.

9. What do Sylder and June do when they locate the young hitchhikers?

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

(see the answer keys)

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