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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they return two weeks later, what do they find out?
(a) The printer has been killed.
(b) The letter has been printed.
(c) The letter has been handed over to the police.
(d) Every person in town has a copy of his letter.

2. What has Ellen been sentenced to?
(a) Three years in prison.
(b) Three days of solitary confinement.
(c) Three years of hard labor.
(d) Three years of community service.

3. What happens in this chapter?
(a) Mary rescues Ned and takes him to the United States.
(b) A factual event of Ned's hanging.
(c) Ned escapes from the police.
(d) A blend of folklore and reality.

4. In what has Ned lost faith?
(a) That anyone in the government will do anything.
(b) His wife.
(c) God.
(d) His gang.

5. Why is this section hard to keep track of?
(a) There is so much going on.
(b) It is easy to get distracted.
(c) It blends dream and reality.
(d) Multiple characters narrate the story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ned's sister, Katie, do for Mary?

2. Who is Mary Hearn?

3. What is his other request?

4. What is included in the parcel?

5. Why is there no mention of survivors?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can the gang not stop?

2. What do Dan, Joe, and Ned do?

3. Where do Ned and his friends prepare for the fight?

4. What does the sudden abruptness of the chapter suggest?

5. Why does Ned hear from Mary? How does he react?

6. For what does Ned request before he dies? What happens to these requests?

7. How does Wild Wright assist the gang?

8. How does Ned start to get involved with the family again?

9. What happens to Ned when he thanks the man who admits Ned did not steal his horse?

10. What makes one wonder if this is a dream at all?

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