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

2. In Chapter 21, where do Caleb and Prentiss go after the prison?
(a) To New Orleans.
(b) Back to the Walker farm.
(c) To Atlanta.
(d) To Maine.

3. What had Prentiss considered buying in town?
(a) Bread.
(b) Music.
(c) A calendar.
(d) Shoes.

4. Who relieves Hackstedde of his duties at the jail?
(a) August.
(b) Sam.
(c) Tim.
(d) Wade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the prostitute tell Isabelle about George in Chapter 19?

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

3. What does Isabelle implore Caleb to do on his journey once he is settled?

4. Who sees where the keys are so Caleb can free Prentiss?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 19, why does Isabelle go to see Clementine?

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

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

7. What does Prentiss tell George he plans to do with the information about who killed his brother?

8. In Chapter 19, what does Mildred tell Isabelle about George?

9. Who does George immediately think killed Landry?

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

(see the answer keys)

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