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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells the sheriff the identity of Landry's killer?
(a) James.
(b) Caleb.
(c) Hinton.
(d) Wade.

3. In Chapter 18, what does Caleb tell August he thought he was once?
(a) Sensible.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Honest.
(d) Angry.

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

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

6. Who lives with the prostitute Isabelle visits in Chapter 19?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her son.

7. Who is George's nearest neighbor on the way to town?
(a) Wade Webler.
(b) Mildred Foster.
(c) James Henry.
(d) Henry Pershing.

8. Who comes to see Prentiss in Chapter 20 posing as his cousin?
(a) Helen.
(b) John.
(c) Clementine.
(d) Henry.

9. How does the guard react when Caleb comes to free Prentiss?
(a) Caleb knocks him out immediately so he does not have time to react.
(b) He is not even there.
(c) He confronts Caleb agressively.
(d) He immediately falls to pieces.

10. What had Prentiss considered buying in town?
(a) Bread.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A calendar.
(d) Music.

11. Who is the judge Hackstedde says will try Prentiss?
(a) Hooley.
(b) Willer.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) McNair.

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

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

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

15. What does Isabelle carry with her in Chapter 19?
(a) A radio.
(b) A knife.
(c) A pair of mittens.
(d) A basket of fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the sheriff who ends up on Landry's case?

2. What plant does Caleb mention grows well in the fields?

3. Where does Prentiss want to bury Landry?

4. Why does George insist on accompanying Prentiss and Caleb at least part of the way on their journey?

5. Who kills Landry?

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