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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. Huffaker tells Gifford that Ownby comes to the store __________________.
(a) almost every day.
(b) occasionally.
(c) every day.
(d) once a year.

2. What kind of animal do John Wesley and Warn speculate must have mauled the mink?
(a) Cheetah.
(b) Dog.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Bobcat.

3. What has happened to the corpse in the peach pit?
(a) It is gone.
(b) It has been reduced to ashes.
(c) It is still intact.
(d) It is partially decayed.

4. For what was John Wesley arrested?
(a) Bootlegging.
(b) Aiding a criminal.
(c) Murder.
(d) He was not arrested.

5. How much prison time does Sylder get for running whiskey?
(a) One year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does John Wesley manage to get into the jail to see Sylder?

2. What does the orchard keeper see in the snowy landscape?

3. Why do Gifford and some other policemen arrive at Ownby's house?

4. How much money does John Wesley give to Sylder?

5. Why does Gifford want to see Sylder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What emotions does the orchard keeper have when he finds the peach pit smoldering?

2. What is the significance of cats in the story?

3. Why does McCarthy wait until this point in the story to reveal the orchard keeper's name?

4. How else might the irony of Sylder and John Wesley's friendship be interpreted?

5. What are John Wesley and Warn's speculation on what had happened to the mink?

6. Why is Sylder's toe injury probably unrelated to a war injury?

7. Why does Sylder stop at Officer Gifford's house on the way home from a whiskey run?

8. Describe Sylder's booking in the police department.

9. What information does John Wesley give to Gifford and what does Sylder say about it?

10. In addition to his traps, what does Warn point out to the other boys?

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