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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Jimmie and Mort ride on cows?
(a) To escape from the police.
(b) To reach Brentwood more quickly.
(c) To give their legs a rest.
(d) To hide their tracks.

2. What do Jimmie and Mort see when they head towards Verona?
(a) A robbery.
(b) Mounted police.
(c) A village on fire.
(d) An abandoned barn.

3. Who wakes up Mort in Chapter 14?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A police officer.
(d) McCreadie.

4. What does Mr. Hyberry do before the day of a hanging?
(a) Read a particular passage from the bible.
(b) Meditate.
(c) Survey the man to be hung.
(d) Light a candle.

5. When does Dowie arrive at the Healy's?
(a) The morning after Jimmie and Mort.
(b) A day after Jimmie and Mort.
(c) An hour after Jimmie and Mort.
(d) A week after Jimmie and Mort.

6. According to the brothers, which is the best day to loot houses?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

7. Who does Mort know at the camp?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Lola.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Gilda.

8. After the Healys' attack, where do Mort and Jimmie go?
(a) Kaluah Camp.
(b) Verona Camp.
(c) Pilbarra Camp.
(d) Mungindi Camp.

9. Whose hut do Jimmie and Mort walk nearly twenty-five miles to reach?
(a) Swanson's hut.
(b) Barret's hut.
(c) Mullet's hut.
(d) Potter's hut.

10. Where does a bullet strike Jimmie?
(a) Arm.
(b) Chest.
(c) Leg.
(d) Face.

11. Who does Jimmie want to kill instead of Mr. Newby?
(a) Miss Graf.
(b) Mrs. Newby.
(c) Himself.
(d) The minister.

12. Why do Jimmie and Mort carry McCreadie on their backs?
(a) McCreadie is very sick.
(b) McCreadie is in a state of delirium and cannot walk straight.
(c) McCreadie has broken his foot.
(d) McCreadie has a large thorn stuck in his heel.

13. What does McCreadie tell Jimmie after they rebuild the holy place?
(a) Mort cannot last as long as Jimmie.
(b) Mort is sick.
(c) Jimmie and Mort must hide at the holy place.
(d) Jimmie must leave Mort.

14. Who answers the door at the Newby's house when Jimmie and Tabidgi visit?
(a) Mrs.Newby.
(b) Miss Graf.
(c) The butler.
(d) Mrs. Newby's daughter.

15. What does Mrs. Newby say before she dies?
(a) Jimmie had nothing to do with the attack.
(b) Tabidgi injured her the most.
(c) Tabidgi and Jimmie attacked her equally.
(d) Jimmie attacked her and Tabidgi tried to stop him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the committee that the town has formed for?

2. What is Mrs. Healy holding when Jimmie enters the house?

3. What does Mr. Hyberry tell Ted he would never do?

4. What does Gilda tell Jimmie she really believed?

5. What does Jimmie finally tell Mort in Chapter 11?

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