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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About twelve days after Davy's escape, Reuben comes to tell his father that his lungs are tight. What is Jeremiah reading that night?
(a) Psalm 91.
(b) Lamentations 3.
(c) Jeremiah 33.
(d) Psalm 121.

2. Who does Reuben talk to in the kitchen when Rev. Johnny Latt is preaching?
(a) Abby Martin.
(b) Bethany Orchard.
(c) Becca Phillips.
(d) Mollie Pritchard.

3. How many hours a week did Jeremiah work sweeping and painting in the athletic building while he was in medical school?
(a) 30 hours.
(b) 20 hours.
(c) 40 hours.
(d) 15 hours.

4. What is the name of Davy's girlfriend who is beaten in the girls' locker room?
(a) Dolly.
(b) Sara.
(c) Jane.
(d) Molly.

5. How old is Reuben when he sees his father's third miracle?
(a) 11 years old.
(b) 9 years old.
(c) 7 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

6. When the goose is cleaned, what part does Swede want Reuben to give her?
(a) Head.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Feet.
(d) Beak.

7. What are the Land's hunting when Reuben sees his father's third miracle?
(a) Geese.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Deer.

8. Which deputy, during the first two weeks that Davy is in jail, reads some of the letters that Davy receives?
(a) Walter Stockard.
(b) Brian Wagonner.
(c) Paul Wansor.
(d) Martin Dryson.

9. How much does it cost to send a postcard in 1963?
(a) 2 cents.
(b) 5 cents.
(c) 4 cents.
(d) 3 cents.

10. What does Swede read to Reuben the night after the first day of Davy's trial?
(a) C. S. Lewis.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Graham Greene.
(d) Robert Louis Stevenson.

11. What church do the Lands attend?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Presbyterian.

12. What time was Stube released from Davy's cell?
(a) 1.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

13. What type of candy bar comes with Reuben's pay for tearing down the corncrib?
(a) Almond Joy.
(b) Milky Way.
(c) Hershey bar.
(d) Mr. Goodbar.

14. How long has Reuben been without a breath when his father comes into the delivery room?
(a) 7 minutes.
(b) 12 minutes.
(c) 5 minutes.
(d) 8 minutes.

15. What was the name of the skeleton Jeremiah studied in medical school?
(a) Boswick.
(b) Elton.
(c) Yorick.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Reuben dream the night that he and Swede plan to break Davy out of jail?

2. Whose birthday is on December 16?

3. How much does Reuben get paid for tearing down the corncrib?

4. Who comes to spend Christmas eve with the Lands?

5. What game does Mr. DeCuellar teach Swede and Reuben to help them pass the time while they wait to be admitted to the courtroom?

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