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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. Ray decides to pursue graduate work in what field?
(a) Geology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Biology.

2. Why are drunks celebrating in the streets?
(a) They survived the storm.
(b) It is New Year's Eve.
(c) The election ended in their favor.
(d) They broke out of prison.

3. Who is placed on the missing persons list after the storm?
(a) Melba.
(b) Webster.
(c) Dr. Symes.
(d) Christine.

4. What is noticeable about the item in #122?
(a) It is not moving.
(b) It is deep in mud.
(c) It is soaking wet.
(d) It is smoking.

5. What is Ray's primary goal?
(a) To get his wife.
(b) To go into business with Dr. Symes.
(c) To kill Guy.
(d) To start a coffee bean farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dupree supposedly writing?

2. What does Ray want to do with some of the money he gets?

3. Why did the photographers have conflict with Guy?

4. After the Buick dies, how do Ray and the boys get to the Dupree farm?

5. Where do Ray and the others go to try to wait out the storm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Jack and Ray do separately after the end of the storm?

2. What is Ray's plan for whisking Norma away from the farm if he has no vehicle?

3. Why is Guy devastated during his interactions with the radical photographers?

4. What has been Norma's contact with Guy since he dropped her off at the hospital?

5. What possibility about the situation with Norma has Ray not considered?

6. Describe Ray's nonchalance upon finding a dead man in his hotel room.

7. What is the irony of Ray's trip to Belize given the current state of his marriage to Norm?

8. What dire news does Ray receive when he returns to the Tabernacle in town?

9. Why has Norma been in the hospital?

10. What are the terms of Mrs. Symes' will?

(see the answer keys)

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