The Cold Millions Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jess Walter
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 148 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Cold Millions Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jess Walter
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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. Who is the acting Chief of Police in Spokane?
(a) Waterbury.
(b) Sullivan.
(c) Clegg.
(d) Harvery.

2. How did Gig's and Rye's mother die?
(a) From influenza.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) From tuberculosis.
(d) From cancer.

3. What is Gig's prized possession in Part II?
(a) His pearl-handled knife.
(b) His Derringer gun.
(c) Volumes I and II of War and Peace.
(d) His fine leather boots.

4. Who helps Jules and is kind to him in jail?
(a) Sullivan.
(b) Halla.
(c) Henries.
(d) Clegg.

5. What does Gig often call Rye as a term of affection?
(a) Riggley.
(b) Runt.
(c) Ripper.
(d) Rye-boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Rye recognize on Fred Moore's face when he visits Rye's porch room at Mrs. Ricci's?

2. What is the true nature of Gemma's relationship with Jules?

3. What does the narrator of the section titled The Kid, 1864, think as he goes over the falls?

4. Who starts the wheels in motion that eventually end up in Rye getting released from prison?

5. Who wrote the book The Plover, a quote from which Walter begins Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the conditions in the jail that Rye and Gig are in like?

2. What does Jules's mother tell him might get him killed one day?

3. How do Rye, Gig, Jules and the mystery person get away from the police when they are cornered?

4. In Chapter 13, what does Rye say that elicits Fred Moore's sympathy at Mrs. Ricci's house?

5. Why are Gig and Rye sleeping in a ballfield in Chapter 1?

6. What is the true nature of Gemma's relationship with Jules, and why has she hidden this?

7. What happens to Jules when two men steal the raft of the ferryman Plante from him in 1864?

8. Why did Rye come West looking for Gig?

9. How does Rye eventually get out of jail earlier than expected?

10. Why do the police come and start beating up the men on the ballfield in Part I?

(see the answer keys)

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