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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabelle see in her fields a few days after the three men go on the run in Chapter 22?
(a) Three men with guns.
(b) Four men with knives.
(c) Two men setting a fire.
(d) A burning cross.

2. In Chapter 21, where does Caleb find a gun?
(a) His bedroom.
(b) His father's stable.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The country store.

3. What does Landry do in Chapter 12 that shocks Caleb?
(a) Speaks.
(b) Yells.
(c) Eats.
(d) Runs.

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

5. Why does August tell Caleb he has been avoiding him in Chapter 12?
(a) He really loves his fiancee.
(b) He needs the money from his inheritance.
(c) His father has figured out their true feelings for each other.
(d) He does not love Caleb any longer.

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

7. What message does August leave for Caleb in Chapter 12?
(a) That he loves Caleb.
(b) To meet him in town on Tuesday.
(c) To meet him at the pond on Sunday.
(d) That he is not getting married after all.

8. What does Prentiss's visitor posing as his cousin use to bargain with Hackstedde?
(a) Free visits with prostitutes.
(b) Money.
(c) Her connection with the mafia.
(d) Her connection with a butcher.

9. What does Prentiss fantasize about with the person who poses as his cousin in Chapter 20?
(a) Starting a business.
(b) Becoming astronomers.
(c) Running away together.
(d) Going to college.

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

11. Whose home does the fire claim first as it spreads from the Walker's house?
(a) Jeffrey Benning's.
(b) Ted Morton's.
(c) Helen Mirring's
(d) James Henry's.

12. What does Prentiss say he is going to do when he finds out who killed Landry?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Die himself.
(c) Kill that person.
(d) Leave town.

13. In Chapter 19, who does Isabelle visit after traveling to the jail?
(a) Mildred.
(b) Annil.
(c) Henry.
(d) James.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives with the prostitute Isabelle visits in Chapter 19?

2. How does the guard react when Caleb comes to free Prentiss?

3. What does the killer use to kill Landry?

4. In Chapter 12, what does George ask Caleb to do regarding Prentiss and Landry?

5. What does Hackstedde give Prentiss to eat?

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