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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. How often does Gifford return to the store to question Huffaker about Ownby?
(a) Every couple of hours.
(b) Every day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Once a month.

2. Why do Gifford and some other policemen arrive at Ownby's house?
(a) To take him to a funeral.
(b) To arrest him.
(c) To see if he needs anything.
(d) To question him.

3. The orchard keeper feels a combination of anguish and ___________ about the dead man.
(a) sorrow.
(b) joy.
(c) grief.
(d) relief.

4. What extreme weather is Ownby navigating at the beginning of this section?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Torrential rain.
(c) Hurricane.
(d) Blizzard.

5. What is Uncle Ather's real name?
(a) Arthur Oglesby.
(b) Arthur Owens.
(c) Arthur Ownby.
(d) Arthur Ogilvy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sylder is told that _____________ wants to see him.

2. How could the charges against John Wesley be dropped?

3. What does Sylder's wife wonder about her husband when he returns from his drop-off?

4. Who does Sylder punch in the face while the man is sleeping?

5. What does Ownby want to bring with him when he is arrested?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sense of foreboding does Sylder have as he tries to fall asleep?

2. Who is Arthur Ownby and what is he doing as this chapter begins?

3. How is the dead cat symbolic of Kenneth Rattner?

4. Describe Ownby's arrest by Officer Gifford.

5. How is Sylder finally apprehended for bootlegging?

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

7. What does the orchard keeper do on a snowy morning involving the peach pit?

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

9. Who are the boys that John Wesley meets and what do they do?

10. Describe the police attack on Ownby's house.

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