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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 happens a day after the accident?
(a) Hank dies
(b) The rain stops
(c) Lee leaves
(d) The strike ends

2. Why does Lee say everyone is happy?
(a) It is Christmas
(b) Hank is prepared to sell the business
(c) They are all wealthy
(d) There is good food and drink

3. To whom does Draeger suggest that Evenwrite talk?
(a) Lee
(b) Hank
(c) Viv
(d) Joe-Bob

4. Why does Lee go into town with Henry?
(a) To see a doctor
(b) To talk
(c) To catch a bus
(d) To buy milk

5. What special day is the day after the funeral?
(a) Halloween
(b) New Years day
(c) Christmas day
(d) Thanksgiving

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Willard own?

2. Who gets to the hospital before Hank?

3. What do the townspeople dread?

4. What does Hank see in the window?

5. Who is returning home at the beginning of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 8.

2. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 11.

3. What is Willard Eggleston's situation?

4. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 7.

5. Why is Jenny tossing shells onto her bed?

6. How does Hank react to Willard's death?

7. Why is Evenwrite worried about the rain?

8. Why does Lee refuse to get out of bed?

9. Why does Hank not want Joe-Ben to shoot the geese?

10. What does Joe-Ben think about as he positions himself to eavesdrop on the town meeting?

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