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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What plant does Caleb mention grows well in the fields?
(a) Scallions.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Carrots.

4. Who does Hackstedde tell Prentiss used to work alongside him when he was a boy?
(a) Henry.
(b) Lincoln .
(c) Goodwin.
(d) Earl.

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

6. What does the killer say after killing Landry?
(a) He needs to leave town.
(b) He was not there.
(c) He is sorry.
(d) He needs to find his father.

7. What does Isabelle notice about the inside of the prostitute's house?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It is very hot.
(c) It is very large.
(d) It is completely white.

8. Who does George think might give the case with Landry a fair hearing?
(a) James Henry.
(b) Ted Morton.
(c) Osborne Clay.
(d) Wade Webler.

9. Who tries to stop Caleb from bursting in on the Weblers' meeting in Chapter 12?
(a) Mrs. Foster.
(b) Mr. Sullivan.
(c) The Weblers' assistant.
(d) Mrs. Webler.

10. What does Prentiss tell Isabelle Landry had loved recently?
(a) A field of seeded dandelions.
(b) A bear.
(c) A pond.
(d) A lion.

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

12. Who is Wade Webler meeting with in Chapter 12?
(a) General Glass.
(b) George.
(c) Mrs. Foster.
(d) Ezra.

13. What do neither Prentiss or Caleb really want to have to use?
(a) Guns.
(b) Cattle prods.
(c) Their oratory skills.
(d) Knives.

14. Who says he will not let George put his hands on Ted again?
(a) August.
(b) Gail Cooley.
(c) Wade.
(d) Caleb.

15. Who was Mildred's husband?
(a) Henry Jordan.
(b) Michael Costly.
(c) James Frien.
(d) John Foster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabelle insist on sending with the men on their journey?

2. What does Prentiss learn from Landry about the language of grief?

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

4. What does Prentiss fantasize about with the person who poses as his cousin in Chapter 20?

5. Who is the man in Old Ox who is always asleep?

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