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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 Kenneth's ultimate decision?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Macon.

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

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

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) Rape them and leave them in a remote area.
(c) Shoot them in the woods.
(d) Give them a ride to Knoxville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did John Wesley earn for the dead chickenhawk?

2. Why is June's wife shocked to see Sylder and John Wesley?

3. What does Kenneth do at the gas station?

4. Where do the policemen begin their investigation?

5. What does Sylder tell John Wesley was in Sylder's car?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does John Wesley acquire his animal traps?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Kenneth say he is looking for and why does this confuse the storekeep?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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