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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. Who is Jennifer revealed to be?
(a) Amanda's granddaughter.
(b) Augustus' daughter.
(c) Rachel's sister.
(d) Robert's sister.

2. What do Gus and Gian plant in Jennifer's yard?
(a) Cans.
(b) Explosives in flour.
(c) Bear traps.
(d) Roman candles.

3. Who distracts Catch from Effrom?
(a) Gian.
(b) Jennifer.
(c) Robert.
(d) Rachel.

4. With whom does Travis spend a night with as a young man on a train?
(a) Julie.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Amanda.

5. Where does Rivera's search for clues begin?
(a) Jennifer's.
(b) Howard's.
(c) Effrom and Amanda's.
(d) The Breeze's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Spider ask Rivera to check on in Pine Cove?

2. Who does Amanda call for help?

3. Where do the three men think the other invocation resides?

4. From where does Robert recognize Travis?

5. What did Jennifer want to be when she grew up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the history of the Sacred Caves.

2. Explain the plan Howard, Robert, Travis, Augustus, and Gian plan in the Head of the Slug in Chapter 32.

3. In Chapter 20, Effrom is visited by Catch, and several times, thinks he has has killed his wife. Why?

4. What does Augustus bring into his house, with the help of Gian? What does he explain they are?

5. What connection does the Nailgun find between the names and dates in Travis' suitcase?

6. Why does Robert think he is being arrested, and what, in fact, are the actual charges?

7. How does Gian explain lying about what will happen to Catch, and how does Augustus respond?

8. What does Rivera not report the bullet hole he finds in the Elliott's home?

9. Summarize the story of how Travis called Catch.

10. Where do Rachel, Augustus, and Gian go at the end of the novel, and what do they do?

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