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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What had Prentiss considered buying in town?
(a) Bread.
(b) Music.
(c) A calendar.
(d) Shoes.
2. What does Prentiss tell Isabelle Landry had loved recently?
(a) A pond.
(b) A bear.
(c) A field of seeded dandelions.
(d) A lion.
3. Who was Mildred's husband?
(a) James Frien.
(b) Michael Costly.
(c) Henry Jordan.
(d) John Foster.
4. Who tries to stop Caleb from bursting in on the Weblers' meeting in Chapter 12?
(a) The Weblers' assistant.
(b) Mrs. Webler.
(c) Mrs. Foster.
(d) Mr. Sullivan.
5. Where does Caleb steal a horse from?
(a) The Weblers' stables.
(b) Silas's.
(c) Henry's.
(d) His aunt's house.
6. What does Prentiss retreat into in Chapter 20?
(a) The darkness.
(b) Watching the moon.
(c) Music outside.
(d) His own head.
7. Who kills Landry?
(a) Caleb.
(b) George.
(c) Prentiss.
(d) August.
8. What is Ted's alibi for when Landry was killed?
(a) He was in church.
(b) He was out of town.
(c) He was working in his own fields.
(d) He was at the general store.
9. Who mostly guards Prentiss in jail?
(a) August.
(b) Hackstedde.
(c) Henry.
(d) Wade.
10. What does Isabelle try to bribe the prison guard with to let her see Prentiss?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Money.
(c) Meat.
(d) Fruit.
11. How does the guard react when Caleb comes to free Prentiss?
(a) Caleb knocks him out immediately so he does not have time to react.
(b) He is not even there.
(c) He confronts Caleb agressively.
(d) He immediately falls to pieces.
12. What does Prentiss fantasize about with the person who poses as his cousin in Chapter 20?
(a) Going to college.
(b) Running away together.
(c) Starting a business.
(d) Becoming astronomers.
13. What does Prentiss learn from Landry about the language of grief?
(a) It is different for everyone.
(b) It is futile.
(c) It does not exist.
(d) It is often nothing more than silence.
14. In Chapter 21, where do Caleb and Prentiss go after the prison?
(a) Back to the Walker farm.
(b) To Atlanta.
(c) To Maine.
(d) To New Orleans.
15. What does the killer say after killing Landry?
(a) He needs to leave town.
(b) He needs to find his father.
(c) He was not there.
(d) He is sorry.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 13, who does George immediately assume has killed Landry?
2. Who is George's nearest neighbor on the way to town?
3. Who does Hackstedde tell Prentiss used to work alongside him when he was a boy?
4. Why does August tell Caleb he has been avoiding him in Chapter 12?
5. What does Landry do in Chapter 12 that shocks Caleb?
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