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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did one of the bottles cut Wright?
(a) His back
(b) His neck
(c) His lower leg
(d) His chin

2. What does Big Boy hide in?
(a) A kiln
(b) A barrel
(c) A coal mine
(d) A rabbit hole

3. What is Jim's job?
(a) An army officer
(b) A writer
(c) A journalist
(d) A factory owner

4. What does Wright's boss offer him in the back room?
(a) A cigarette
(b) A book
(c) A dollar
(d) His hand

5. Where do Mann and Brinkley take the Heartfield family?
(a) The hospital
(b) The town hall
(c) The hills
(d) The forest

6. What do the soldiers need men to do?
(a) Carry cement bags
(b) Give speeches
(c) Hand out food
(d) Drive boats

7. What stops Mann from killing the boy with the ax?
(a) The boy draws a gun
(b) Brinkley calls his name
(c) The house moves
(d) He hears soldiers

8. Who tries to follow Lulu's body?
(a) Grannie
(b) Jack
(c) Mann
(d) Peewee

9. What is Wright's role at the hotel?
(a) Receptionist
(b) Bellboy
(c) Cleaner
(d) Messenger

10. What does the soldier want back from Mann?
(a) His sandwiches
(b) His raingear
(c) His boots
(d) His gun

11. What does Mann ask to use at the Heartfield's house?
(a) A car
(b) A can opener
(c) The telephone
(d) The radio

12. What does Mann consider killing the Heartfield family with?
(a) An ax
(b) A knife
(c) A gun
(d) A harpoon

13. What does Big Boy fantasize about killing?
(a) A pack of blood hounds
(b) White women
(c) A lynch mob
(d) His family

14. Who is the first person Big Boys tells about what happened?
(a) His father
(b) His brother
(c) His sister
(d) His mother

15. What does Mann take with him for protection?
(a) His body armor
(b) His harpoon
(c) His gun
(d) His knife

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Mann shot?

2. What does Heartfield demand from Mann?

3. What is the name of the main character in this story?

4. Who meets Mann in town?

5. Who hears the witnesses' statements in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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