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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) God has no mercy.
(b) Keep the boys safe.
(c) There but for the grace of God.
(d) What have you done?

2. What does Isabelle leave on Landry's grave marker?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A sock.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) A note.

3. What does Isabelle try to bribe the prison guard with to let her see Prentiss?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Money.
(c) Meat.
(d) Fruit.

4. If Prentiss did not escape from prison, what would have happened to him?
(a) He would have been freed anyway.
(b) He would have been hanged.
(c) He would have gotten a life sentence.
(d) He would have been sentenced to one year of hard labor.

5. What does Landry do in Chapter 12 that shocks Caleb?
(a) Speaks.
(b) Eats.
(c) Runs.
(d) Yells.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, where does Caleb find a gun?

2. In Chapter 19, who does Isabelle visit after traveling to the jail?

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

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

5. Why does Prentiss tell George he did what he did to Wade in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does George immediately think killed Landry?

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

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

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

6. What casket does Isabelle suggest getting for Landry?

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

8. In Chapter 17, why is George wary of Hackstedde?

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

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

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