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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. What kind of animal does Max see in the cemetery?
(a) Rabbit
(b) Cat
(c) Dog
(d) Raccoon

2. What did Miles do when he caught Janine in bed with Walt?
(a) Beat up Walt
(b) Threw a vase at them
(c) Shot them
(d) Ran from the room

3. Miles has a dream that ____________ is hurt and lying under the bleachers.
(a) Tick
(b) His mother
(c) Janine
(d) Cindy

4. What does Tick do when Candace cuts herself with an Exacto knife?
(a) Screams
(b) Puts pressure on the wound
(c) Faints
(d) Calls 911

5. From whom did Jimmy's father derive many of his opinions?
(a) Dan Rather
(b) Tom Brokaw
(c) Anderson Cooper
(d) Walter Cronkite

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Zack break in the cafeteria?

2. What does Principal Meyer tell Miles about Tick?

3. Where do people gather to gossip in town?

4. Where does the staff of the Enterprise Grill go after a good night at work?

5. Who is the bossy waitress at the Enterprise Grill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for the story?

2. What is the Exacto knife and why does it signify foreshadowing for the plot?

3. Why does David keep pressuring Miles about a liquor license?

4. Explain the economic dynamics of the town as the story begins.

5. Explain the significance of the river as a metaphor for life in Empire Falls.

6. Explain how Miles is too good for his own good.

7. How is Miles' good heart exhibited in the scene with a hungover Buster?

8. How is Tick different from most of the residents of Empire Falls?

9. How does David want Miles to expand his business opportunities?

10. Cite three examples of foreshadowing in Part 2, Chapter 12.

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