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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jeeter tell Sister Bessie that he wants to do to please God?
(a) Stop stealing.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Become a preacher.
(d) Castrate himself.

2. Why does no one want to buy Jeeter's wood?
(a) It does not burn well.
(b) It's nothing more than kindling.
(c) It is not seasoned.
(d) His price is too high.

3. What does the trio do with the balance of the money?
(a) Goes to a movie.
(b) Buys new clothes.
(c) Get a hotel room.
(d) Puts gas in the car.

4. What does Sister Bessie do when Jeeter orders her to leave?
(a) She cries.
(b) She beats on him.
(c) She threatens to sue him.
(d) She stomps away.

5. At what time of day does the fire engulf the house?
(a) Noon.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

6. What did Dude hit while driving the car earlier?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A train.
(c) A cow.
(d) A dairy truck.

7. Who is looking at Grandma Lester in Chapter 18?
(a) Max.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Ada.

8. Who is in the house when it is engulfed in flames?
(a) Dude.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Jeeter and Ada.
(d) Captain Harmon.

9. Why has Pearl left Lov?
(a) He tried to tie her to the bed.
(b) She wanted to go to school.
(c) She found someone new.
(d) He beat her.

10. What did Dude not do for the car that caused the problem?
(a) He left the lights on while it was parked.
(b) He did not put gas in it.
(c) He loosened some bolts in the engine.
(d) He did not put oil in it.

11. Why is Ada upset at bedtime?
(a) Jeeter sees Sister Bessie's naked body.
(b) Dude killed a man.
(c) Dude has run away.
(d) Pearl wants to end her marriage.

12. What happens when the trio approaches its destination?
(a) They get a flat tire.
(b) They have to stop to eat.
(c) They get out to celebrate.
(d) The car climbs slowly up a hill.

13. How is Dude's new car nearly wrecked?
(a) He spins out on an icy road.
(b) He hits an old stump.
(c) He goes into a ditch.
(d) He runs a stop sign.

14. Why does Sister Bessie not want to leave Jeeter's house?
(a) It is where she and Dude fell in love.
(b) She is comfortable there.
(c) She pays rent to live there.
(d) She has nowhere else to go.

15. What does Jeeter convince Sister Bessie and Dude to do in Chapter 15?
(a) Let him drive the car to Atlanta.
(b) Give him money to buy seed.
(c) Talk to Pearl.
(d) Drive him to Augusta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money do Sister Bessie and Dude get from Tom?

2. Who interrupts Sister Bessie and Dude while they are in bed?

3. What county does Jeeter want to go to?

4. What is Grandma Lester doing at the beginning of Chapter 18?

5. Why does Jeeter want to go to the county in #137?

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