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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the brothers George comes across in Chapter 1?
(a) Prentiss and Landry.
(b) Landry and Joe.
(c) Joe and Prentiss.
(d) Franklin and Landry.

2. Who does George remember fondly from his youth?
(a) Taffy.
(b) James.
(c) Jane.
(d) Henry.

3. Who tells George of his son's death?
(a) Henry.
(b) Michael.
(c) August.
(d) Ryan.

4. How much does George say he will pay Prentiss and Landry?
(a) Double what he would pay anyone else.
(b) As much as any other men.
(c) Half as much as white men.
(d) Nothing.

5. Where does Caleb say he has come from?
(a) Maine.
(b) Virginia.
(c) The Carolinas.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Prentiss and Landry sleep?

2. What does George learn about the way his son died?

3. What was the name of the land where Prentiss and Landry used to work?

4. Who does George visit at the whorehouse regularly?

5. How does August get out of the war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What business does George have with Ezra?

2. What does General Glass want George to do in Chapter 10?

3. Why does Prentiss desperately want George to be quiet in the woods in Chapter 1?

4. Why is Caleb ashamed of his war service?

5. Why is August mad at Caleb in Chapter 8?

6. Why are Prentiss and Landry in the woods on George's land?

7. What did Landry once try to take from Isabelle's clothesline, and how does Isabelle respond?

8. Why are Prentiss and Landry suspicious of George's offer at first?

9. What does Isabelle do when George tells her Caleb has died?

10. What happens to Prentiss's and Landry's mother?

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