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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Morphy think Ethan should open his own store?
(a) In the old down town.
(b) In the new town center.
(c) Next to Marullo's store.
(d) By the bank.

2. What does Ethan buy when he goes down to Danny's shack?
(a) Some fish.
(b) A hook and line.
(c) Some new luggage.
(d) A gun permit.

3. What will be built where an old hotel is being bulldozed?
(a) A chain store.
(b) A school.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A park.

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

5. What does Ethan say is making people look at him differently?
(a) His poor status.
(b) His flirtations with Margie.
(c) His confidence.
(d) His new beard.

6. What does Stoney tell Ethan about before he goes to work before Easter?
(a) A bank robbery.
(b) His sick son.
(c) His dying grandmother.
(d) A house demolition.

7. What is Mary sick with the Tuesday after Easter?
(a) The flu.
(b) A cold.
(c) A hangover.
(d) Pneumonia.

8. What is stored in Ethan's attic?
(a) Lots of books.
(b) His mother's clothes.
(c) Old documents.
(d) His father's war materials.

9. What is stored near the register change?
(a) A phone.
(b) A knife.
(c) A gun.
(d) A ledger.

10. Who does Ethan think about on Easter?
(a) Great Aunt Delilah.
(b) Cousin Dressie.
(c) Grandma Dorothy.
(d) Aunt Deborah.

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

12. Where did Ethan think Jesus was the day before Easter?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The tomb.
(c) Purgatory.
(d) Hell.

13. What does Ethan say he does in his special place?
(a) Ponders the future.
(b) Empties his mind.
(c) Takes stock.
(d) Remembers the past.

14. What does the sleepwalker touch?
(a) A door knob.
(b) A talisman.
(c) A tree.
(d) A sword.

15. What does Ethan say about Margie when she comes into the store before Easter?
(a) She is sexy.
(b) She is annoying.
(c) She is youthful.
(d) She is good company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ethan tell his wife when he comes home from work at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Bake want to build on Taylor Meadow?

3. What word is used to describe Ethan's children as they head to church on Easter?

4. Who invites Ethan and his wife over for tea on Easter?

5. What is the name of Ethan's home town?

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