View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens at the sales barn on a Monday?
(a) Farm animal market
(b) Stock auctions
(c) A folk festival
(d) Karoke

2. What moment of the story does Charles think back to?
(a) The trip to the cemetery
(b) His first meeting with Lucas
(c) His breakfast that morning
(d) A conversation with Aleck

3. How many sets of footprints are there?
(a) Four
(b) Six
(c) Two
(d) Three

4. What age had Charles's mother sworn she would allow her son coffee?
(a) 18
(b) 24
(c) 21
(d) 16

5. Who does Charles meet for the first time when he climbs out of the water?
(a) Gavin Stevens
(b) His father
(c) Aleck Sander
(d) Lucas Beachamp

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aleck hear coming toward them?

2. Who does not want Charles's mother to go to the jail?

3. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?

4. Who does Gavin say is there to keep the crowd under control?

5. Who does the sheriff phone to organize an exhumation order?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 179 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample