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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 came about as a result of Prohibition?

2. What is Sylder doing as this section of the novel begins?

3. What surprises Sylder when he gets to his car after leaving a bar?

4. With whom does Sylder live?

5. What kind of job did Sylder have?

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

4. What is the most that John Wesley has ever caught in his traps?

5. What do the voices in the woods tell John Wesley to do?

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

7. Describe the Green Fly Inn.

8. What is the whiskey running process in place in the area and what is Sylder's role in it?

9. What does the old man recall about the day he discovered the corpse buried in the peach pit?

10. What happens to Sylder after the flat tire is fixed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for the lives of John Wesley, Ownby and Sylder. Be sure to include emotional states as well as physical characteristics, geographic locations, work, hobbies, and socialization.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of greed. Identify at least two examples about greed in the book. Then explain how each example supports the theme of greed.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of loss. Identify at least two examples about loss in the book and then explain why the examples support the theme.

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