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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. To whose shop do the boys take the captured skunk?
(a) Mr. Ellis'.
(b) Mr. Edwards'.
(c) Mr. Eller's.
(d) Mr. Evans'.

2. What do the two men do with Ownby after they pick him up?
(a) Take him to a hotel.
(b) Take him to a cabin for breakfast.
(c) Take him to a soup kitchen.
(d) Take him to the police station.

3. Uncle Ather tells the boys about a time when he caught a _______________.
(a) fox.
(b) shark.
(c) bear.
(d) panther kitten.

4. What does John Wesley say about Sylder?
(a) He gave the cops Sylder's address.
(b) He gave the cops the bootleg pick-up points.
(c) He did not help any criminal.
(d) He showed the cops the moonshine still.

5. What offense was John Wesley told he had committed?
(a) No dog tags on his dog.
(b) Trapping without a license.
(c) Driving without a license.
(d) Fishing without a license.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Ownby heading when he leaves his house from the back door?

3. What does John Wesley bring to Ownby in the mental asylum?

4. What does John Wesley find in his trap the next day?

5. How much money does John Wesley give to Sylder?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Sylder's booking in the police department.

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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