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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Jimmie want to kill instead of Mr. Newby?
(a) Miss Graf.
(b) The minister.
(c) Himself.
(d) Mrs. Newby.
2. What does Mort do at the holy place?
(a) Dance.
(b) Drum on the rocks.
(c) Chant.
(d) Hide.
3. Why is Mr. Newby tranced?
(a) He has been injured in the attack.
(b) He has had too much Rum and Whisky.
(c) He is traumatized from the attack.
(d) His anger and hate for Jimmie are paralyzing him.
4. What did Mort and Jimmie leave at the camp?
(a) Food, blankets and Jimmie's initiation tooth.
(b) A map and flask.
(c) Their rifles.
(d) Their shoes, food and blankets.
5. According to the brothers, which is the best day to loot houses?
(a) Monday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.
6. Where is Mr. Newby when Jimmie and Tabidgi go to the Newby house?
(a) In the fields.
(b) At the old farmhouse.
(c) Next door.
(d) In the barn.
7. Why is there a particularly good day to loot houses?
(a) The country people go to parties on that day.
(b) The country people go to church on that day.
(c) The country people are working in the fields on that day.
(d) The country people go into town on that day.
8. What do Mort and Jimmie reach by midday in Chapter 11?
(a) A camp.
(b) A cave.
(c) A village.
(d) Some water.
9. Where does Jimmie actually leave McCreadie?
(a) By a main road.
(b) In Jimmie's tracks.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In a church.
10. Who does Mort know at the camp?
(a) Harriet.
(b) Lola.
(c) Nancy.
(d) Gilda.
11. What time do the brothers arrive at a small house in Chapter 11?
(a) Three o'clock.
(b) One o'clock.
(c) Four o'clock.
(d) Nine o'clock.
12. What does Jimmie take from the Newby household?
(a) Food, guns, and ammunition.
(b) Money and cigars.
(c) Food and blankets.
(d) Nothing.
13. What does Mort do in the morning in Chapter 11?
(a) Walk back to the camp.
(b) Paint his face white.
(c) Hunt for fresh meat.
(d) Chant and dance.
14. After Mort dies, how many hours pass before Dowie arrives?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.
15. Whose hut do Jimmie and Mort walk nearly twenty-five miles to reach?
(a) Potter's hut.
(b) Swanson's hut.
(c) Mullet's hut.
(d) Barret's hut.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mr. Hyberry do before the day of a hanging?
2. As Jimmie continues his escape, what does he find it hard to believe?
3. What evidence does Dowie find in the schoolteacher's house?
4. What does Jimmie finally tell Mort in Chapter 11?
5. When do Jimmie and Mort cross the Divide?
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