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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Snopes say has Henry's wife money, which is why he cannot return it to her?
(a) Eck.
(b) Wallstreet.
(c) Hipps.
(d) Varner.

3. What is Eck's expectation when he enters the court to defend himself against Tull?
(a) That he will win the case.
(b) That there will be no decision in the case.
(c) He has no expectations about the case.
(d) That he will lose the case.

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

5. According to the court, who is entitled to the body of Eck's dead horse?
(a) Snopes.
(b) Hipps.
(c) Tull.
(d) Eck.

6. How does the doctor react when he learns the truth about the convict's past?
(a) He is saddened.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is terrified.

7. How many people were killed during the fat convict's spree of crime?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

8. What does Hipps use to restrain the wild horses while he is transporting them to the auction?
(a) Barbed wire.
(b) He does not restrain them.
(c) Rope and twine.
(d) Wood beams.

9. To whom is the tall convict narrating the story of what happened to him during the weeks he was away from prison?
(a) The fat convict.
(b) The warden.
(c) His diary.
(d) His mother.

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

11. Which of the following characters is trampled in the wild horse stampede as the farmers attempt to wrangle them after the auction?
(a) Snopes.
(b) Wallstreet.
(c) Henry.
(d) Eck.

12. When the convict and the refugee pass the first boat on the river, what is the gruff man aboard the boat holding in his hands?
(a) A lantern.
(b) A litter of puppies.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A shotgun.

13. What part of the tall convict is injured when his boat overturns in the water?
(a) His head.
(b) His hands.
(c) His leg.
(d) His stomach.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following beverages does the doctor aboard the steamboat urge the convict to drink?

2. Who or what does the tall convict blame for motivating him in crime?

3. How do the police officers in Louisiana react when the convict attempts to turn himself in?

4. Which of the following families is considered the most dishonest family in Mississippi by the townsfolk?

5. How long has the tall convict been incarcerated at the opening of the story?

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