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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did the monks leave the monastery that is now the Retreat?
(a) 100 years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) Three years.

2. What does Ezra say is the mainstay of his horticultural business?
(a) Figs.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Cherimoya.
(d) Bananas.

3. What does Doug suggest Nona give Woody to eat?
(a) Cereal.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Soup.
(d) Fruit.

4. How old was Marla when she died?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

5. What does Alex tie the guard up with?
(a) A jump rope.
(b) Rope.
(c) Clothes line.
(d) The guard's clothing.

6. What does Alex dream the bullets hitting his house are?
(a) Hail.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Birds.
(d) Insects.

7. What circles the compound of the Retreat?
(a) Guard dogs.
(b) A row of tall hedges.
(c) Armed guards.
(d) A creek.

8. Whose music does Alex play on the radio during his drive to get Raoul out of jail?
(a) Flora Purim.
(b) Vivien Garry.
(c) Duke Ellington.
(d) Sidney Bechet.

9. Who once called the cherimoya fruit "deliciousness of deliciousness?"
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Garland Swopes.
(c) Ezra Maimon.
(d) Mark Twain.

10. How old does Ezra appear to be?
(a) About 35.
(b) Late fifties.
(c) Early sixties.
(d) Late forties.

11. Who is Milo questioning when Alex calls him about Raoul being in jail?
(a) A robbery suspect.
(b) Nona.
(c) A suspected rapist.
(d) Augie.

12. What does Alex say Swopes' greenhouse looks like in comparison to Ezra's?
(a) Dead.
(b) Hell.
(c) Eden.
(d) Lush.

13. How long is Alex's drive to La Vista?
(a) Fifteen minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) One hour.
(d) Five hours.

14. What does Nona offer Alex if he'll just leave her alone?
(a) Woody.
(b) Money.
(c) Sex.
(d) Information about theTouch.

15. What movie star does Milo compare Raoul to when he goes to La Vista to demand the arrest of the Touch?
(a) Gary Cooper.
(b) Burt Reynolds.
(c) Bruce Willis.
(d) James Dean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nona's real father?

2. What is Nona giving Woody for his fever?

3. What does Houten say Raoul looks like he fell into when Alex goes to retrieve him from jail?

4. What swings from the sash of the guard at the gate to the Retreat?

5. Who tells Raoul about the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Swopes?

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