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

2. 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) He does not love Caleb any longer.
(d) His father has figured out their true feelings for each other.

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

4. Why does Isabelle know she will be safe in her house at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) She has a gun.
(b) The winds are heading to town so the fire will head there.
(c) She does not know she will be safe in her house.
(d) She has a dog to keep her safe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Isabelle go to try to see Prentiss in jail?

2. Where does Isabelle find Prentiss the morning after Landry's killing?

3. Who comes to the Walker farm the day of the morning the three men go on the run in Chapter 22?

4. What does Prentiss's visitor posing as his cousin use to bargain with Hackstedde?

5. What does Landry do in Chapter 12 that shocks Caleb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What fantasy does Prentiss spin with Clementine in Chapter 20?

2. What does August do to Landry when Landry discovers him and Caleb at the pond?

3. In Chapter 20, who comes to see Prentiss and who does the person say she is?

4. Who comes looking for George, Caleb, and Prentiss in Chapter 22?

5. How does Tim react when Caleb gets to the jail?

6. In Chapter 20, what seems to be sure to be Prentiss's fate?

7. In Chapter 20, what does Hackstedde do that annoys Prentiss?

8. What casket does Isabelle suggest getting for Landry?

9. In Chapter 21, where does Caleb go to get a horse and why?

10. In Chapter 12, what does Wade Webler do to Caleb when Caleb interrupts his meeting?

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