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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did they settle down close to where the Outsider could find them?
(a) To confuse it
(b) They liked the area
(c) To hasten the encounter and kill it
(d) To mislead the cops

2. Who or what is the Outsider's main target?
(a) Nora
(b) The Retriever
(c) Travis
(d) Yarbeck

3. What kind of man, according to Aunt Violet didn't exist anywhere in the world?
(a) A sweet and romantic one
(b) A kind and selfless one
(c) A sweet and kind one
(d) A protective and sensitive one

4. Why does the Outsider smash mirrors?
(a) So people can't look in them and see it
(b) It cannot stand the sight of itself
(c) All of these
(d) It likes to hear the sound of breaking glass

5. What did Nora tell Travis about that afternoon?
(a) Her painting
(b) Her collage collection
(c) Her adoption
(d) Her parents

6. What color is the barn?
(a) Rust red
(b) Sunset Red
(c) Dust Red
(d) Rose red

7. Why did Travis buy the scrabble board?
(a) So he and Nora could enjoy a game
(b) To throw tiles at the Outsider
(c) So Einstein could spell
(d) To take his mind off of the trouble they were in

8. What is the Outsider designed to do?
(a) To be smart and cunning
(b) To love and be tender
(c) To be stealthy and intelligent
(d) To fight and kill

9. What did Travis take more comfort in sleeping beside?
(a) The gun
(b) None of these
(c) Einstein
(d) Nora

10. How does Travis explain Einstein's initial behavior in recovery?
(a) Quiet
(b) Angry
(c) Afraid
(d) Confused

11. How many Scrabble games were in the Lucite tubes?
(a) Three
(b) Four
(c) Six
(d) Five

12. What was Travis hoping to find in the Tenderloin district?
(a) A body guard
(b) A hooker
(c) A killer for hire
(d) Fake ID

13. What possessed Garrison Dilworth to play hero?
(a) Garrison loved Einstein too
(b) Nora offered him lots of money
(c) Travis offered him lots of money
(d) A deep seated belief the dog should remain free

14. Why did the Outsider want to leave Deputy Teel's head in his driver seat?
(a) To tempt him into chasing after it alone and unarmed
(b) To mock him
(c) To enrage him
(d) To frighten him

15. What did Einstein have that made him sick?
(a) Kidney stones
(b) Cancer
(c) Distemper
(d) Bladder infection

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Outsider hate the dog so much?

2. Who does Garrison Dilworth meet up with?

3. What did the Outsider ask Lem to do?

4. What did Nora do throughout the rest of June?

5. What credit card did Travis give to the chapel?

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