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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 does Sylder tell John Wesley that Gifford will never do?
(a) Arrest a fourteen-year-old boy.
(b) Trace the wrecked car to Sylder.
(c) Find Sylder's pick-up points.
(d) Find Sylder's house.

2. Why is Ownby going to be arrested?
(a) For bootlegging.
(b) For defacing the government tank.
(c) For murder.
(d) For gun smuggling.

3. Which of the following describes Ownby's demeanor while being questioned by the welfare agent?
(a) Obstinate.
(b) Non-receptive.
(c) All of these.
(d) Vague.

4. Who is the storekeep that Gifford questions about Ownby?
(a) Huffaker.
(b) Hufnagle.
(c) Holmsby.
(d) Hammaker.

5. For what was John Wesley arrested?
(a) Murder.
(b) He was not arrested.
(c) Bootlegging.
(d) Aiding a criminal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylder say when John Wesley offers to make Gifford pay for what he did to Sylder?

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

3. What is the name of Ownby's dog?

4. What animals is the wildcat prowling for at the beginning of this section?

5. In what branch of the armed forces did Sylder serve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does John Wesley manage to get into the mental asylum to visit Ownby?

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

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

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

9. Describe Ownby's arrest by Officer Gifford.

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

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