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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. Kenneth asks the storekeep for the distance to what city?
(a) Chattanooga.
(b) Nashville.
(c) Knoxville.
(d) Atlanta.

2. What does Sylder tell John Wesley was in Sylder's car?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Whiskey.

3. In what year was Marion Sylder born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1900.

4. What kind of job did Sylder have?
(a) Highway.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Factory.
(d) University.

5. Why had Sylder once blasted his wall with a shotgun?
(a) He was tired of watching the TV and shot it.
(b) He thought he saw a robber.
(c) He thought a cat was sneaking up on him.
(d) His gun went off accidentally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sylder doing as this section of the novel begins?

2. What kind of footwear is John Wesley wearing in the store?

3. What type of fruit is the old man eating?

4. What does the orchard keeper do with a knife?

5. With what did Sylder cover up the corpse?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Green Fly Inn.

2. How does John Wesley acquire his animal traps?

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

4. How does the author give the first clue that Sylder is a bootlegger?

5. How does the author further the theme of ignorance and obscurity?

6. What does Sylder do after he is fired from his job?

7. How does John Wesley happen to meet Sylder?

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

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

10. Who are Gifford and Legwater and what do they find at the scene of the car crash?

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