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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. What is the widow Rattner's first name?
(a) Mamie.
(b) Marie.
(c) Millie.
(d) Mildred.
2. What animals is the wildcat prowling for at the beginning of this section?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Squirrels.
(c) Minks.
(d) Weasels.
3. Where does Sylder's car die while on his whiskey run?
(a) On the interstate.
(b) On the bridge.
(c) In front of the police station.
(d) On a muddy road.
4. What does the orchard keeper do as he drifts into thought?
(a) Cleans his gun.
(b) Shines his boots.
(c) Cooks breakfast.
(d) Flips through a magazine.
5. How could John Wesley be charged with aiding a criminal?
(a) He hid out a fugitive.
(b) The man he helped was a bootlegger.
(c) He gave money to an accused murderer.
(d) He gave a gun to a fugitive.
Short Answer Questions
1. What about Sylder's appearance shocks John Wesley?
2. What type of animal has been asleep in Ownby's outhouse?
3. Ownby tells John Wesley that there are some things that a person just has to do, because unless he does them he will have no _____________.
4. What offense was John Wesley told he had committed?
5. What does Sylder tell John Wesley about Gifford?
Short Essay Questions
1. In addition to his traps, what does Warn point out to the other boys?
2. How does Arthur stand firm in an attempt to evade the police and find an even more isolated location?
3. Why can the authorities not be absolutely certain that the corpse is that of Kenneth Rattner and what do they tell Rattner's widow?
4. What is the significance of cats in the story?
5. What information does John Wesley give to Gifford and what does Sylder say about it?
6. Describe Ownby's arrest by Officer Gifford.
7. Why does McCarthy wait until this point in the story to reveal the orchard keeper's name?
8. What does the orchard keeper do on a snowy morning involving the peach pit?
9. Describe the police attack on Ownby's house.
10. How does John Wesley manage to get into the mental asylum to visit Ownby?
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