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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 does Isabelle visit for the first time in Chapter 19?
(a) Janet.
(b) Henry.
(c) Helen.
(d) Clementine.

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

3. What does Prentiss say he is going to do when he finds out who killed Landry?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Die himself.
(c) Kill that person.
(d) Leave town.

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

5. Who is the sheriff who ends up on Landry's case?
(a) Lamar Hackstedde.
(b) Winston Webler.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Ted Morton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Walkers' neighbors refuse to help George in Chapter 15?

2. What does the killer use to kill Landry?

3. Who relieves Hackstedde of his duties at the jail?

4. Why does August tell Caleb he has been avoiding him in Chapter 12?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What work does Caleb do upon his return from the war?

4. Where does Prentiss want to bury Landry, and why?

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

6. Who does George immediately think killed Landry?

7. Who tells the police that August killed Landry, and why?

8. Who does Caleb eventually confess the truth about Landry's killing to?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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