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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 217 - 265, Chapters 19 - 22).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabelle insist on sending with the men on their journey?
(a) A lighter.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Two horses.
(d) Food.

2. Who tells the sheriff the identity of Landry's killer?
(a) Hinton.
(b) James.
(c) Wade.
(d) Caleb.

3. If Prentiss did not escape from prison, what would have happened to him?
(a) He would have been sentenced to one year of hard labor.
(b) He would have gotten a life sentence.
(c) He would have been freed anyway.
(d) He would have been hanged.

4. Who is the man in Old Ox who is always asleep?
(a) Frank.
(b) Henry Jordan.
(c) Ezra.
(d) Ray Bittle.

5. What does Prentiss learn from Landry about the language of grief?
(a) It is futile.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) It is different for everyone.
(d) It is often nothing more than silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hackstedde give Prentiss to eat?

2. What message does August leave for Caleb in Chapter 12?

3. What does Landry identify with in Isabelle?

4. What does Mrs. Beddenfeld borrow from Isabelle?

5. Where does Caleb say he has come from?

(see the answer key)

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