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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Mary Oliver receives word of the threat, what does she tell her sons to do?
(a) Hide in the basement.
(b) Do not talk to Peter.
(c) Run away.
(d) Gather all of the guns in the house.

2. In Chapter 26, what does M.C. pay Peter to do?
(a) Work in his store.
(b) Mow his lawn.
(c) Clean his gutters.
(d) Work on his farm.

3. What does Peter think about the people who follow Stephen Gaskin?
(a) They are wise.
(b) They are brave.
(c) They are cowardly.
(d) They are foolish.

4. How does Governor Wallace shock Peter?
(a) Governor Wallace is racist.
(b) Governor Wallace is friendly.
(c) Governor Wallace is mean.
(d) Governor Wallace has an adopted child.

5. Where does Peter go to work while living in Murphy?
(a) A pastry shop.
(b) The veneer mill.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) The post office.

6. Where is Peter at the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) Johnson City.
(b) Shelby County.
(c) Gloria County.
(d) Albert City.

7. What gift does Peter give the Oliver family at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Two cows.
(b) A hundred dollars.
(c) Wood to build pig pens.
(d) A new car.

8. At the end of Chapter 25, Peter goes to a restaurant and meets a black man. Where did the black man send his children to school?
(a) His children went to school out of state.
(b) His children went to private school.
(c) His children went to public school.
(d) His children did not go to school.

9. What natural disaster strikes Murphy in Chapter 18?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) An earthquake.

10. At the end of Chapter 23, what does Peter decide to try and do?
(a) To try catfish.
(b) To meet the president.
(c) Call home.
(d) To meet Govenor Wallace.

11. Where have Peter and Cooper left at the start of Chapter 20?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Florida.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Tennesee.

12. After the white church is destroyed, where do the white people go to pray?
(a) Another town.
(b) Their homes.
(c) The black church.
(d) The school house.

13. How does Peter feel about America at the end of Chapter 18?
(a) Peter wants to move to Canada.
(b) Peter is indifferent.
(c) Peter is begining to love America.
(d) Peter still hates America.

14. How does Cooper die?
(a) A bear attack.
(b) Defending Peter.
(c) He is hit by a water truck.
(d) A hunter's rifle.

15. In Chapter 13, where does Peter meet the Oliver brothers?
(a) At the local fishing hole.
(b) At a bank.
(c) At the general store.
(d) At a basketball game.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does the oldest Oliver son tell the bootleggers?

2. How does Peter feel at that start of Chapter 19?

3. Where are Peter and Cooper at the beginning of Chapter 18?

4. In Chapter 24, a pickup truck pulls over to Peter. Who is driving the truck?

5. In Chapter 25, what surprises Peter when he enters the diner?

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