View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does George insist on accompanying Prentiss and Caleb at least part of the way on their journey?
(a) He is in great shape and they will go faster with him along.
(b) He knows the land better than they do.
(c) He has the money.
(d) Isabelle makes him do it.

2. What does Prentiss do to Wade?
(a) Kills him.
(b) Hits him.
(c) Spits on him.
(d) Shoots him.

3. What does Mildred tell Isabelle about George in Chapter 19?
(a) He has a child somewhere Isabelle does not know about.
(b) There are rumors he is seeing a prostitute.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He is moving soon.

4. Who relieves Hackstedde of his duties at the jail?
(a) Wade.
(b) August.
(c) Sam.
(d) Tim.

5. What does Isabelle implore Caleb to do on his journey once he is settled?
(a) Call her.
(b) Write to her.
(c) Come back to visit.
(d) Find a good person to marry.

6. Who finally gets the truth out of Caleb about who killed Landry?
(a) Isabelle.
(b) August.
(c) George.
(d) Prentiss.

7. What is the phrase that Isabelle keeps thinking in her head at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) What have you done?
(b) There but for the grace of God.
(c) God has no mercy.
(d) Keep the boys safe.

8. Where does Caleb steal a horse from?
(a) Henry's.
(b) The Weblers' stables.
(c) His aunt's house.
(d) Silas's.

9. Where does Caleb's recurring erotic dream occur?
(a) In the field.
(b) In the Weblers' stables.
(c) In a trench.
(d) By the pond.

10. What does Isabelle leave on Landry's grave marker?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A sock.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) A note.

11. Who mostly guards Prentiss in jail?
(a) Henry.
(b) Hackstedde.
(c) August.
(d) Wade.

12. Who comes to the Walker farm the day of the morning the three men go on the run in Chapter 22?
(a) James and some other men.
(b) August.
(c) Wade and Hackstedde with some other men.
(d) Henry.

13. What does Prentiss retreat into in Chapter 20?
(a) Watching the moon.
(b) Music outside.
(c) The darkness.
(d) His own head.

14. Who is the man in Old Ox who is always asleep?
(a) Henry Jordan.
(b) Frank.
(c) Ray Bittle.
(d) Ezra.

15. Where does Isabelle find Prentiss the morning after Landry's killing?
(a) By the pond.
(b) In the woods.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In the peanut field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prentiss's visitor posing as his cousin use to bargain with Hackstedde?

2. Who tells the sheriff the identity of Landry's killer?

3. In Chapter 15, what does Prentiss refuse to do?

4. Why does Isabelle know she will be safe in her house at the end of Chapter 22?

5. What kind of coffin does Isabelle suggest for Landry?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 464 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample