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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Guilt around whose death keeps Ralph from dropping the investigation at Jeannie's request?
(a) Terry's.
(b) Ollie's.
(c) Frank's.
(d) Arlene's.

2. How many people in total attend the first meeting of the whole investigative team?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

3. Who tells the story about footsteps in Chapter 2 of the section entitled Footsteps and Cantaloupe?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Jeannie.
(c) Marcy.
(d) Samuels.

4. On what day of the week does Fred attempt suicide?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Saturday.

5. Whose grave site does Holly visit before leaving Dayton, Ohio?
(a) Ollie's.
(b) Frank's.
(c) Jolene's.
(d) Heath's.

6. In whose house is Holly located when she uses a certain object to detect stains left by the Outsider?
(a) Fred's.
(b) Jack's.
(c) Arlene Stanhope's.
(d) Ralph and Jeannie's.

7. Howie tells the rest of the investigative team that the plane will be delayed to wait for which character?
(a) Bill Samuels.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Yunel.
(d) Jeannie.

8. What is the first name of Claude's mother?
(a) Lovie Ann.
(b) Janie Lee.
(c) Rosie Ann.
(d) Ruthie Ann.

9. Jeannie is warned by an intruder that if Ralph does not stop his investigation, he will be punished in what way?
(a) He will be murdered.
(b) He will be driven to commit suicide.
(c) He will be struck dumb.
(d) He will be struck deaf.

10. The investigative team finds that the main entrance to the Marysville Hole has been plugged with what substance?
(a) Foam insulation.
(b) Boulders.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Branches.

11. The investigative team agrees to deceive which character in order to keep the plan to destroy the Outsider from failing?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Claude.
(c) Bill Samuels.
(d) Lovie Ann.

12. On what day of the week does Jack first suspect that his sunburn may be more serious than he knows?
(a) Friday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Wednesday.

13. When Howie asks Holly to come to Flint City, which character does Holly name as the person she believes to be innocent of Frank's murder?
(a) Ollie.
(b) Lovie Ann.
(c) Terry.
(d) Claude.

14. What promise does Ralph make to Jeannie in Chapter 5 of the novel's section entitled No End to the Universe?
(a) To avenge Terry's murder.
(b) To make the Outsider feel pain.
(c) To return safely.
(d) To avenge Frank's murder.

15. Who tells Claude that the investigative team is having doubts about Terry's guilt?
(a) Lovie Ann.
(b) Yunel.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Holly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many legible words are contained on the bit of menu in the evidence locker?

2. Holly guesses that Claude's tattoos have to do with what topic?

3. Who asks Jack to murder a particular member of the investigative team hunting for the Outsider?

4. Who says at the end of the section entitled Visits that he has come to realize the Frank's murder case had been mishandled?

5. Moments before waking up next to his late mother's corpse, Jack dreams about which parts of his body falling off?

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