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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 Will realize about the hunting accident with his father?
(a) That the gun malfunctioned.
(b) That his father shot at him with both barrels.
(c) That his father had spells just like he did.
(d) That his father meant to shoot the guide.

2. What does Will decide makes men like wars?
(a) War makes peace desirable.
(b) Men aren't afraid of death.
(c) Men like guns.
(d) Men like to kill each other.

3. What nickname does Will give his father when he is talking to him in his head?
(a) Old Snake.
(b) Old Fox.
(c) Old Badger.
(d) Old Mole.

4. When Will and Allison leave the greenhouse, where does Will take her?
(a) The nursing home.
(b) Valleyhead.
(c) The Holiday Inn.
(d) His house.

5. What does Will realize he didn't do just as he's about to enter the cave?
(a) Send the letters to Lewis and Sutter.
(b) Tell Kitty where Allison was hiding.
(c) Tell his daughter goodbye.
(d) Meet Kitty for their tryst.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Allison get Will onto her makeshift bed on the table?

2. What happens when the hiker puts his hand on Allison's thigh?

3. What does Will propose that he do for Slocum's law office?

4. Complete the quote, "Everybody thinks that there are only two things: war which is a kind of life in death, and peace which is ______."

5. Which of the following is NOT a trip that Will remembers taking with his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What urgent message does Bernie have for Will when Will gets back home after being away in the cave and the greenhouse?

2. How does Allison find Will?

3. How does Allison feel about doing the errands that Will asks her to do?

4. Why does Will get into a fight with Kitty at the nursing home?

5. Why does Will end up needing to be in Dr. Vance's daily care?

6. What forces Will to leave the cave?

7. What news does Kitty tell Will about her family when they talk in the parking lot of the country club?

8. What psychological breakthrough does Will make as he sits in his car thinking?

9. When Will sees himself in the mirror of his Mercedes after leaving the greenhouse, what does he think he looks like?

10. What happens to Will's guns at the end of the novel?

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