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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does George ask Caleb to do regarding Prentiss and Landry?
(a) Not speak to them.
(b) Pay them.
(c) Make an effort to be civil to them.
(d) Take them out for a drink.

2. What does Prentiss fantasize about with the person who poses as his cousin in Chapter 20?
(a) Starting a business.
(b) Becoming astronomers.
(c) Going to college.
(d) Running away together.

3. Who is the judge Hackstedde says will try Prentiss?
(a) Ambrose.
(b) Willer.
(c) Hooley.
(d) McNair.

4. What does Prentiss retreat into in Chapter 20?
(a) His own head.
(b) The darkness.
(c) Music outside.
(d) Watching the moon.

5. What does Isabelle notice about the inside of the prostitute's house?
(a) It is dirty.
(b) It is very large.
(c) It is very hot.
(d) It is completely white.

6. What does Isabelle carry with her in Chapter 19?
(a) A knife.
(b) A basket of fruit.
(c) A radio.
(d) A pair of mittens.

7. Who does Isabelle visit for the first time in Chapter 19?
(a) Janet.
(b) Clementine.
(c) Henry.
(d) Helen.

8. Who finally gets the truth out of Caleb about who killed Landry?
(a) Prentiss.
(b) August.
(c) George.
(d) Isabelle.

9. Where does Caleb steal a horse from?
(a) Silas's.
(b) Henry's.
(c) His aunt's house.
(d) The Weblers' stables.

10. What does Prentiss do to Wade?
(a) Spits on him.
(b) Hits him.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Kills him.

11. 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.

12. In Chapter 19, who does Isabelle visit after traveling to the jail?
(a) James.
(b) Annil.
(c) Mildred.
(d) Henry.

13. What does Isabelle leave on Landry's grave marker?
(a) A note.
(b) A sock.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) A blanket.

14. Why does Prentiss tell George he did what he did to Wade in Chapter 18?
(a) It felt good.
(b) He does not know why he did it.
(c) He needed to do one last thing before he died.
(d) Landry would have wanted him to do it.

15. Who does George try to ask for help in getting justice for Landry in Chapter 17?
(a) Wade.
(b) Ted.
(c) James.
(d) General Glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Isabelle know she will be safe in her house at the end of Chapter 22?

2. Where is the person who poses as Prentiss's cousin originally from?

3. In Chapter 21, where does Caleb find a gun?

4. Who does Caleb almost wish will come to the window when he steals the horse?

5. Who mostly guards Prentiss in jail?

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