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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 does Myrtle question Pat about?
(a) A bank account opened in his name.
(b) An apartment rented in his name.
(c) A car purchased in his name.
(d) A police report about him.

2. What does Doc hope to do by his plan?
(a) Help the needy.
(b) Sway an upcoming election.
(c) Gain political power.
(d) Get revenge for a past betrayal.

3. For what reason does Doc argue with the man in Chapter 4?
(a) The man gave Doc a parking ticket.
(b) The man rear-ended his car.
(c) The man has been overly flirtatious with Lila.
(d) The man owes Doc money.

4. What did Pat Cosgrove go to jail for?
(a) Killing his brother.
(b) Embezzling $825,000.
(c) Robbing a bank.
(d) Bigamy.

5. What does Pat contemplate while at the diner?
(a) The recession.
(b) Social corruption.
(c) Urban sprawl.
(d) Ecological destruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Pat have a conversation with outside the bank?

2. What does Pat realize at the end of Chapter 11?

3. Why is Pat ineligible for parole?

4. What is Bill Hardesty's profession?

5. What does Pat spend a few days wondering about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What documents is Doc looking at in Chapter 1?

2. Does Pat find out more about Doc from Lila? Why or why not?

3. Is the parole officer good at his job? Use evidence from the story to support your opinion.

4. What is Pat's physical description of Doc?

5. What does Pat think about while visiting the diner the second time?

6. Why is Myrtle Briscoe upset over Pat's parole?

7. What does Pat reveal to Madeline and the parole officer in Chapter 12? Why does he do this?

8. After the incident with Madeline in the parking lot, what does Doc tell Pat?

9. What does Lila do to make Pat uncomfortable?

10. What does Pat notice about downtown Capitol City?

(see the answer keys)

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