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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylder do with the dead body when he hears a truck coming?

2. Sylder and John Wesley walk to the house of Sylder's friend, _____________.

3. How is the girl injured while watching John Wesley fish?

4. Why had Sylder once blasted his wall with a shotgun?

5. What movement is in effect in America at this point in time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Rattner tell John Wesley about his father?

2. Why is the old man afraid of cats and what extreme measures has he taken to keep them at bay?

3. What is life like now for Kenneth Rattner's widow and son, John Wesley, since Rattner is dead?

4. What does Kenneth say he is looking for and why does this confuse the storekeep?

5. What spooks the orchard keeper when he visits the peach pit where the corpse is buried?

6. Where does Sylder dispose of the body and whose presence is he unaware of?

7. What are the circumstances in which Sylder once again encounters the old man?

8. What does the orchard keeper do when he returns to his house?

9. How does the author give the first clue that Sylder is a bootlegger?

10. Who are Gifford and Legwater and what do they find at the scene of the car crash?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one theme in the novel. Identify at least two themes in the story and then cite an example to support each theme.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of the orchard keeper What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point?

Essay Topic 3

Create a brief character study of John Wesley. What does he look like? What are his positive personality traits? What are some of his negative characteristics? What are his hopes and fears? What motivates him at this point?

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