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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 does John Wesley manage to get into the jail to see Sylder?
(a) He breaks in during the night.
(b) He claims to be his nephew.
(c) He claims to be his son.
(d) He offers up evidence to the cops.

2. To whose house do the boys go to talk about the skunk?
(a) Mr. Wren's.
(b) Uncle Ather's.
(c) Widow Rennart's.
(d) Sylder's.

3. Who hears the wildcat's final death scream?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Mr. Eller.
(c) John Wesley.
(d) Ownby.

4. Who does Sylder punch in the face while the man is sleeping?
(a) Uncle Ather.
(b) Gifford.
(c) Milford.
(d) Leggett.

5. What kind of animal do the boys hope to trap for its value?
(a) Deer.
(b) Mink.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Fox.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does John Wesley leave for the chickenhawk even though he could not get the corpse?

3. What does John Wesley tell Sylder about his traps?

4. What dead animal does the large cat find?

5. How did Sylder lose part of his toe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sylder finally apprehended for bootlegging?

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

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

4. Why can the authorities not be absolutely certain that the corpse is that of Kenneth Rattner and what do they tell Rattner's widow?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Ownby's encounter with a welfare department agent in the jail.

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

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