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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. Where does the orchard keeper go late at night?
(a) The Blue Fly Inn.
(b) The pit with Kenneth Rattner's body.
(c) Green Valley Inn.
(d) Knoxville.

2. The town of Red Branch is in the ___________________ Mountains.
(a) Appalachian.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Rocky.

3. Which of the following is true about Kenneth Rattner's widow and son?
(a) They live in their house for free.
(b) They live a meager existence.
(c) They do not pay taxes.
(d) All of these.

4. Who is Kenneth Rattner's son?
(a) John Warner.
(b) James Ashely.
(c) John Wesley.
(d) John William.

5. What happens as Sylder tries to elude the police?
(a) He rolls the car into a ditch.
(b) He suddenly stops.
(c) He hits another car head on.
(d) He careens off the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the policemen begin their investigation?

2. What kind of animal does John Wesley scare away while hunting?

3. Who are the inhabitants of the truck?

4. John Wesley hears voices that tell him to ___________________.

5. What do Sylder and June do when they find the two girls and a boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What spooks the orchard keeper when he visits the peach pit where the corpse is buried?

2. What is the whiskey running process in place in the area and what is Sylder's role in it?

3. What is the symbolism of the old man firing on the government tank on his property?

4. What is the most that John Wesley has ever caught in his traps?

5. How does McCarthy set up the book's major irony in this chapter?

6. What do Sylder and June do when they locate the young hitchhikers?

7. How does John Wesley happen to meet Sylder?

8. What does Mrs. Rattner tell John Wesley about his father?

9. What are the circumstances in which Sylder once again encounters the old man?

10. What happens to Sylder after the flat tire is fixed?

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