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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who relieves Hackstedde of his duties at the jail?
(a) August.
(b) Sam.
(c) Wade.
(d) Tim.
2. What happens to Prentiss's new pants?
(a) They get very dirty in the field.
(b) They get torn.
(c) They are stolen.
(d) Someone splashes paint on them.
3. Who comes to the Walker farm the day of the morning the three men go on the run in Chapter 22?
(a) Wade and Hackstedde with some other men.
(b) Henry.
(c) August.
(d) James and some other men.
4. What does Mildred tell Isabelle about George in Chapter 19?
(a) There are rumors he is seeing a prostitute.
(b) He is moving soon.
(c) He is ill.
(d) He has a child somewhere Isabelle does not know about.
5. What does Isabelle try to bribe the prison guard with to let her see Prentiss?
(a) Money.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Meat.
6. If Prentiss did not escape from prison, what would have happened to him?
(a) He would have been freed anyway.
(b) He would have gotten a life sentence.
(c) He would have been hanged.
(d) He would have been sentenced to one year of hard labor.
7. What is Ted's alibi for when Landry was killed?
(a) He was in church.
(b) He was at the general store.
(c) He was out of town.
(d) He was working in his own fields.
8. What does Isabelle insist on sending with the men on their journey?
(a) A lighter.
(b) Food.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Two horses.
9. What does the killer say after killing Landry?
(a) He was not there.
(b) He needs to find his father.
(c) He needs to leave town.
(d) He is sorry.
10. Where does Prentiss want to bury Landry?
(a) A field Landry had loved.
(b) Near their mother
(c) Near the pond.
(d) On the plantation.
11. What message does August leave for Caleb in Chapter 12?
(a) To meet him in town on Tuesday.
(b) That he loves Caleb.
(c) To meet him at the pond on Sunday.
(d) That he is not getting married after all.
12. What do neither Prentiss or Caleb really want to have to use?
(a) Their oratory skills.
(b) Cattle prods.
(c) Knives.
(d) Guns.
13. Who tells the sheriff the identity of Landry's killer?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Hinton.
(c) Wade.
(d) James.
14. What does Isabelle notice about the inside of the prostitute's house?
(a) It is completely white.
(b) It is very hot.
(c) It is very large.
(d) It is dirty.
15. What does Hackstedde give Prentiss to eat?
(a) Stale bread.
(b) Steak.
(c) His scraps.
(d) Nothing.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Isabelle leave on Landry's grave marker?
2. Who helps George carry the coffin to the transport?
3. Where does Isabelle find Prentiss the morning after Landry's killing?
4. Why does August tell Caleb he has been avoiding him in Chapter 12?
5. What plant does Caleb mention grows well in the fields?
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