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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 146 - 216, Chapters 12 - 18).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does General Glass ask George to do?
(a) Keep his secret.
(b) Join a new council.
(c) Loan him money.
(d) Cook for him.

2. What does Prentiss learn from Landry about the language of grief?
(a) It is futile.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) It is different for everyone.
(d) It is often nothing more than silence.

3. Why does Prentiss tell George he did what he did to Wade in Chapter 18?
(a) He does not know why he did it.
(b) He needed to do one last thing before he died.
(c) It felt good.
(d) Landry would have wanted him to do it.

4. What happens to Prentiss's new pants?
(a) They get very dirty in the field.
(b) They are stolen.
(c) Someone splashes paint on them.
(d) They get torn.

5. In Chapter 13, who does George immediately assume has killed Landry?
(a) Ted.
(b) August.
(c) Wade.
(d) Caleb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Walkers have for dinner the night Caleb comes home?

2. Who are the brothers George comes across in Chapter 1?

3. What message does August leave for Caleb in Chapter 12?

4. Who is George's son?

5. Which of George's neighbors used to own slaves?

(see the answer key)

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