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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 was the fat convict convicted of stealing?
(a) A car.
(b) A loaf of bread.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A painting.

2. Which of the following characters whittles wood in his spare time?
(a) Eck.
(b) Flem.
(c) Hipps.
(d) Wallstreet.

3. How does Hipps transport the horses to Mississippi?
(a) By train.
(b) By airplane.
(c) By wagon.
(d) By foot.

4. Why does Doctor Varner still believe the horses were a good purchase, even though they all got away?
(a) Because they provided a good laugh.
(b) Because they brought him business.
(c) Because they provided good exercise for their owners.
(d) Because they taught the farmers a financial lesson.

5. To whom is the tall convict narrating the story of what happened to him during the weeks he was away from prison?
(a) His mother.
(b) His diary.
(c) The fat convict.
(d) The warden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following animals is NOT one that the convict hunts to feed the refugee woman while they are living on their "island"?

2. What does Eck's son do to help get the horses ready for the auction?

3. How does the judge in the Armstid case treat Flem Snopes?

4. What is Hipps' response to the heckler who shouts that Hipps is trying to scam the town?

5. What is the true nature of the small island where the convict and the refugee live for the week after the baby is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the tall convict react to the army camp the prisoners are resettled to during the flood?

2. How is Wallstreet almost injured while helping to prepare the wild horses for their auction?

3. How many people in the prison know the true crime that the fat convict committed?

4. What happens when Mrs. Armsted arrives at Snopes' store to collect the money she is owed from the horse auction?

5. What interaction does the convict have with the first boat of survivors from the flood?

6. What is the general reaction to the judgment against Snopes in the courtroom?

7. What is Ratcliff's reaction to Hipps' arrival in Mississippi?

8. How does Hipps treat the wild horses that he brings in from Texas to sell in Mississippi?

9. What crime did the fat convict plead guilty to in court, and why?

10. What happens when the boat overturns that the tall and fat convicts are paddling down the river?

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