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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) Once a week.
(c) Every day.
(d) Once a month.

2. What does Sylder secretly think after John Wesley leaves?
(a) He wonders if his wife will bring lunch.
(b) He is anxious to get back to his whiskey runs.
(c) He wants to repent.
(d) He hopes Gifford gets what he deserves.

3. What does John Wesley bring to Ownby in the mental asylum?
(a) Books.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Magazines.

4. What animals did the panther kitten's mother kill?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Lambs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the orchard keeper's name?

2. What do the boys do in the cave?

3. Who picks up Ownby when he is spotted walking with his dog?

4. What type of animal has been asleep in Ownby's outhouse?

5. How much does Warn say the mink is probably worth now that it is mangled?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the activities of the wildcat as it tries to find dry quarters as well as something to eat.

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

4. How does Sylder recall losing part of his toe in the war?

5. Describe Ownby's arrest by Officer Gifford.

6. Describe the conversation in which Ownby gives John Wesley advice about his life.

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

8. What happens to the Rattners by the end of the story?

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

10. How does Arthur stand firm in an attempt to evade the police and find an even more isolated location?

(see the answer keys)

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