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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. Where is Ownby heading when he leaves his house from the back door?
(a) Harrykin.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Knoxville.

2. What does the orchard keeper do as he drifts into thought?
(a) Shines his boots.
(b) Cooks breakfast.
(c) Cleans his gun.
(d) Flips through a magazine.

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

4. How many police officers is Ownby accused of shooting?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. What is the widow Rattner's first name?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Millie.
(c) Marie.
(d) Mamie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does Warn say the mink would have been worth had it not been mangled?

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

3. What is Uncle Ather's real name?

4. Ownby tells John Wesley that there are some things that a person just has to do, because unless he does them he will have no _____________.

5. How did Sylder lose part of his toe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Gifford put pressure on John Wesley to give up information about Sylder?

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

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

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