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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the convict feel about the impending delivery of the pregnant refugee's baby?
(a) He is excited by it.
(b) He is apathetic to it.
(c) He is disgusted by it.
(d) He is confused by it.

2. Who, of all the farmers, is the only person to question whether or not Hipps is running a scam?
(a) Eck.
(b) Heathcliff.
(c) Wallstreet.
(d) Ratcliff.

3. What part of Henry's body is broken during the wild horse stampede?
(a) His nose.
(b) His arm.
(c) His rib.
(d) His leg.

4. In which case does the judge cite an obscure law in which, "the ownership of a commodity is not transferred unless there is the exchange of some money"?
(a) In the case against Tull.
(b) In the case against Snopes.
(c) In the case against Varner.
(d) In the case against Eck.

5. How do the farmers describe the process of wrangling their horses after the auction to take them home?
(a) Unpleasant.
(b) Boring.
(c) Exciting.
(d) Frightening.

6. What is the true nature of the small island where the convict and the refugee live for the week after the baby is born?
(a) It is a dry levee.
(b) It is a capsized ship.
(c) It is a small sand dune.
(d) It is an Indian burial mound.

7. What caused the massive flood in Louisiana at the time of the convict's transportation?
(a) A levee breaking.
(b) Snow melting in the rivers.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A waterfall gone off course.

8. What type of landscape do the prisoners live and work in?
(a) A swamp.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A plantation.
(d) A desert.

9. What does the convict use to cut the baby's umbilical cord when it is born?
(a) A scissors.
(b) A piece of tin.
(c) A knife.
(d) A sharp rock.

10. How long has the tall convict been incarcerated at the opening of the story?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 6 years.

11. Who does Ratcliff claim is directly responsible for the damages the Tull family incurred as a result of the wild horse stampede?
(a) Flem.
(b) Eck.
(c) Hipps.
(d) Tull.

12. What is Doctor Varner's first name?
(a) Michael.
(b) John.
(c) Will.
(d) Danny.

13. What does the fat convict claim he grabbed onto in order to save himself when his boat overturned?
(a) A sharp jag of rock.
(b) A low-hanging branch.
(c) A fistful of flowers.
(d) A rope.

14. To whose home is Henry taken to recover from his injuries, due to the wild horses?
(a) Mrs. Littlejohn's.
(b) Doctor Varner's.
(c) Flem Snopes'.
(d) Eck Snopes'.

15. How much money does the court claim Flem Snopes stole from the Armstid family?
(a) Four dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Three dollars.
(d) Two dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the convict want to take aboard the gruff man's boat that is not allowed?

2. What does Hipp use to cover up the wound he receives wrangling horses?

3. Where do the wild horses cut Hipp during a fight?

4. What does Eck's son do to help get the horses ready for the auction?

5. What part of Hipps' clothing outfit is split in half by a wild horse during the auction?

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