View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabelle see in her fields a few days after the three men go on the run in Chapter 22?
(a) Three men with guns.
(b) Two men setting a fire.
(c) A burning cross.
(d) Four men with knives.

2. What message does August leave for Caleb in Chapter 12?
(a) That he is not getting married after all.
(b) That he loves Caleb.
(c) To meet him at the pond on Sunday.
(d) To meet him in town on Tuesday.

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

4. What does Isabelle notice about the inside of the prostitute's house?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It is very large.
(c) It is completely white.
(d) It is very hot.

5. Where is the person who poses as Prentiss's cousin originally from?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Tallahassee.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does George ask Caleb to do regarding Prentiss and Landry?

2. Who kills Landry?

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

4. What is the phrase that Isabelle keeps thinking in her head at the end of Chapter 22?

5. What does Prentiss do to Wade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do Prentiss and Caleb go after Caleb breaks Prentiss out of jail?

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

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

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

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

8. What does General Glass ask Wade Webler for?

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

10. Who does George immediately think killed Landry?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 495 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample