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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT part of the prize for winning the contest?
(a) A cash prize.
(b) Going on TV.
(c) Free college tuition.
(d) Meeting the President.

2. What does Ethan say he has never actively sought?
(a) Fame.
(b) Money.
(c) Attention.
(d) Love.

3. What did Mary's fortune say about Ethan?
(a) He would be rich.
(b) He would have more children.
(c) He had a wandering heart.
(d) He would die young.

4. What wakes Ethan up on the Tuesday after Easter?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Mary screaming.
(c) Jets.
(d) A siren.

5. What does Margie do when she can't read Ethan's fortune?
(a) Makes something up.
(b) Yells at Ethan.
(c) Slaps Mary.
(d) Leaves in a hurry.

6. What contest has Ethan's children signed up for?
(a) Children of America.
(b) We the People.
(c) I Love America.
(d) America's Best.

7. How does Ethan travel to work at the beginning of the book?
(a) A drives a car.
(b) He walks.
(c) He takes the bus.
(d) He rides a bike.

8. Where did Ethan meet Mary?
(a) Hartford.
(b) Boston.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) New York.

9. Where would Danny go if Baker was his guardian?
(a) Prison.
(b) An asylum.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Baker's house.

10. Which of the following questionable things are good men in the town NOT doing?
(a) Fixing tickets.
(b) Selling bad produce.
(c) Buying land with privileged information.
(d) Inflating prices.

11. What does Morphy use to keep the back entrance to the bank open?
(a) A block of wood.
(b) An old magazine.
(c) A wadded up tissue.
(d) A think wire.

12. What does Ethan take to work the day after Easter?
(a) An old book.
(b) The Masonic case.
(c) His check book.
(d) A notebook and pen.

13. What does Ellen ask Ethan the day before Easter?
(a) When he will be rich.
(b) If Jesus is real.
(c) If he loves her.
(d) If he is going to divorce her mother.

14. What does Joey do when he enters the back door of the bank?
(a) Leaves a spare key under a mat.
(b) Leaves a note in the crack.
(c) Signals to someone Ethan can't see.
(d) Rigs the door not to lock.

15. What happened when Ethan killed the rabbits in Mary's garden?
(a) He got sick.
(b) He had bad dreams for weeks.
(c) He let the rabbits into another garden.
(d) He hired someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stoney tell Ethan about before he goes to work before Easter?

2. Who does Ethan go to see on Easter night?

3. What is Mr. Baker's profession?

4. Where is the place where Ethan is calling at the beginning of Part Two?

5. Whose father owned a ship with Ethan's grandfather?

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