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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Annie Baxter believe her husband uses work as an excuse for?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Spying.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Infidelities.

2. What does the parson tell Keith Landry when they meet after the meeting?
(a) Collect information on Cliff Baxter from Annie Baxter.
(b) Wait until Annie Baxter is divorced before seeing her.
(c) Confront Cliff Baxter as soon as possible.
(d) Help Annie Baxter divorce Cliff Baxter.

3. Where does Keith Landry return to?
(a) His brother's trailer in Spencerville.
(b) His parents' apartment in Spencerville.
(c) His sister-in-law's house in Spencerville.
(d) His family farm in Spencerville.

4. What are Keith Landry's feelings as he passes the Baxter home?
(a) He is filled with rage and sorrow.
(b) He feels nothing.
(c) He wants to stop.
(d) He is filled with morbid curiosity about Annie Baxter.

5. What does Keith Landry drive around to look at in Chapter 5?
(a) The scenery.
(b) Old buildings.
(c) Landmarks that have changed.
(d) Houses.

6. Where does Keith Landry go after making his visit?
(a) A pond.
(b) To see Annie Baxter.
(c) The high school.
(d) Home.

7. Where does the food come from that Keith Landry eats for dinner in Chapter 11?
(a) The local market.
(b) The Porters' garden.
(c) Landry's own farm.
(d) South Asia.

8. What was the correspondence between Keith and Annie like after their split?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Casual.
(c) Distant.
(d) Cold.

9. What do Keith Landry and his visitor do together?
(a) Go to a ball game.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Walk into town.
(d) Go out for a drive.

10. What does Keith Landry feel in Chapter 3, as he walks through the farmhouse?
(a) Longing for his first wife.
(b) Remorse for leaving.
(c) Nostalgia for his uncle.
(d) Sorrow over his parents' deaths.

11. What is Annie Baxter's husband's job?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Police chief.
(c) Mechanic.
(d) Politician.

12. How did Keith Landry's relationships go, after he split with Annie?
(a) He married several times.
(b) He stayed away from women.
(c) He never committed to another woman.
(d) He only dated women who reminded him of Annie.

13. How does Keith Landry spend his first week back in Spencerville?
(a) Looking for houses.
(b) Working around the farm.
(c) Writing to Annie.
(d) Looking for a job.

14. Who shows up at Keith Landry's door a few days after the holiday?
(a) Cliff Baxter.
(b) A college friend.
(c) Keith Landry's aunt.
(d) Annie Baxter.

15. What is Annie Baxter doing when we meet her?
(a) Finishing a legal case.
(b) Working late at the factory.
(c) Giving birth.
(d) Watching her husband finish dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the policemen doing at the meeting?

2. Where did Keith Landry work for many years?

3. Who does Keith Landry visit in Chapter 14?

4. What led to the split between Keith and Annie?

5. What does Keith Landry apologize for during his visit?

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