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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 dead animal does the large cat find?
(a) Mink.
(b) Deer.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Dog.

2. Where does the large cat find refuge from the rain?
(a) An abandoned house.
(b) An abandoned school.
(c) An old shed.
(d) Widow Rattner's barn.

3. Sylder is told that _____________ wants to see him.
(a) Mildred.
(b) Gifford.
(c) John Wesley.
(d) Ownby.

4. Whose hideout is in a cave?
(a) Warn's.
(b) The orchard keeper.
(c) Sylder's.
(d) John Wesley's.

5. Who picks up Ownby when he is spotted walking with his dog?
(a) Sylder.
(b) The police.
(c) Mildred Rattner.
(d) Two men in a car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Sylder's position in the armed forces?

2. Who is the storekeep that Gifford questions about Ownby?

3. What has happened to the corpse in the peach pit?

4. What is Sylder's destination as he drives tonight?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Ownby's arrest by Officer Gifford.

6. Does it appear that Arthur is completely anti-social?

7. How is Sylder finally apprehended for bootlegging?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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