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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Isabelle implore Caleb to do on his journey once he is settled?
(a) Call her.
(b) Find a good person to marry.
(c) Write to her.
(d) Come back to visit.

2. What plant does Caleb mention grows well in the fields?
(a) Scallions.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Potatoes.

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

4. What does Isabelle offer to Prentiss the morning after Landry is killed?
(a) The socks he made her.
(b) Her sweater.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Her skillet.

5. Who says he will not let George put his hands on Ted again?
(a) Caleb.
(b) Wade.
(c) Gail Cooley.
(d) August.

6. Who is the sheriff who ends up on Landry's case?
(a) Lamar Hackstedde.
(b) Winston Webler.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Ted Morton.

7. In Chapter 13, who does George immediately assume has killed Landry?
(a) Wade.
(b) August.
(c) Caleb.
(d) Ted.

8. Who does George think might give the case with Landry a fair hearing?
(a) James Henry.
(b) Ted Morton.
(c) Wade Webler.
(d) Osborne Clay.

9. What had Prentiss considered buying in town?
(a) Bread.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A calendar.
(d) Music.

10. What does Prentiss's visitor posing as his cousin use to bargain with Hackstedde?
(a) Money.
(b) Free visits with prostitutes.
(c) Her connection with a butcher.
(d) Her connection with the mafia.

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

12. What is the phrase that Isabelle keeps thinking in her head at the end of Chapter 22?
(a) There but for the grace of God.
(b) God has no mercy.
(c) What have you done?
(d) Keep the boys safe.

13. Why does Isabelle return to Clementine's in Chapter 19?
(a) To give her money.
(b) To ask her for a favor.
(c) To tell her to stop seeing George.
(d) To sing with her.

14. What is Ted's alibi for when Landry was killed?
(a) He was working in his own fields.
(b) He was at the general store.
(c) He was out of town.
(d) He was in church.

15. Where does Isabelle find Prentiss the morning after Landry's killing?
(a) In the peanut field.
(b) In the woods.
(c) By the pond.
(d) In the barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Isabelle see in her fields a few days after the three men go on the run in Chapter 22?

2. What does Prentiss fantasize about with the person who poses as his cousin in Chapter 20?

3. Where does Caleb's recurring erotic dream occur?

4. Who is the man in Old Ox who is always asleep?

5. Where does Caleb steal a horse from?

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