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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Spunk doing with the Bradley house?
(a) Buying it.
(b) Selling it.
(c) Renovating it.
(d) Leasing it.

2. What comes into the house when Spunk and Lena are together?
(a) A bobcat.
(b) A wild dog.
(c) A snake.
(d) An owl.

3. What does Spunk say he will do for Joe after Spunk dies?
(a) He will help him come back to life.
(b) He will make him a nice bed.
(c) He will leave Lena forever.
(d) He will make hell too hot for him.

4. What does Spunk call Joe before Spunk dies?
(a) A louse.
(b) A saint.
(c) A real man.
(d) A god.

5. What words does Spunk use to describe Joe right before Spunk dies?
(a) A dirty sneak.
(b) An evil man.
(c) A respectable figure.
(d) A smart cat.

6. What does the animal do to Spunk?
(a) Speaks to him.
(b) Bites his finger off.
(c) Scratches him.
(d) Looks him right in the eye.

7. Where does Spunk say he will go right after he dies?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The beach.
(c) Hell.
(d) To Joe's house.

8. Where is Spunk when he dies?
(a) Outside of town.
(b) In bed.
(c) On the railroad tracks.
(d) At work.

9. Why does Spunk say Joe didn't come to his face to kill him?
(a) He didn't dare.
(b) He stole Lena back.
(c) He was dead.
(d) He thought Spunk was too ugly.

10. What do people talk about in the last line of Chapter 4?
(a) Where the next funeral will be.
(b) Where Spunk's spirit will show up.
(c) How glad they are that things turned out the way they did.
(d) Who will be Lena's next partner.

11. How does Spunk die?
(a) He has a heart attack.
(b) He is run over by a car.
(c) He is killed by the saw.
(d) He jumps off a bridge.

12. What does Spunk say the animal actually is?
(a) His dead mother.
(b) Joe come back from Hell.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) His conscience.

13. What does the animal in Chapter 3 do?
(a) Crawls under the bed.
(b) Walks around the house and howls.
(c) Flies in and out of the bedroom.
(d) Growls.

14. What does Walter say is the only thing Joe ever wanted?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Money.
(c) A family.
(d) Lena.

15. Who tells the resolution of the story?
(a) Joe.
(b) Lena.
(c) Spunk.
(d) A third-person narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the animal that comes into the house in Chapter 3?

2. Who says the animal must have been a "h'ant"?

3. What does the community bring to the wake?

4. What does the expert in Chapter 3 say is wrong with the thing Spunk believes is moving?

5. What does Spunk claim is happening to him at work in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

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