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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Holston see picking up scattered chalk and crayons from the stained tiles at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Donna.
(c) Andrea.
(d) Michelle.

2. When the mayor exits in the end of Chapter 2, she tells Holston, “And I won’t insult you by suggesting” what?
(a) “You forget about her.”
(b) “You write a will.”
(c) “You prepare yourself.”
(d) “You get some sleep.”

3. What is Holston’s position of employment in the novel?
(a) Butcher.
(b) Judge.
(c) Postman.
(d) Sheriff.

4. What is described as “the only moving feature on the landscape” in Chapter 2?
(a) “The buffalo.”
(b) “The birds.”
(c) “The clouds.”
(d) “The cattle.”

5. What does Holston say Marnes’s title is in the end of Chapter 2?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Police Chief.
(c) Sheriff.
(d) Deputy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 1 as sitting “behind a table arranged with cups of juice and bowls of cornflour cookies”?

2. The days of Holston’s childhood are described in Chapter 1 as being over how many years distant?

3. Whose son bumps into Holston’s knees at the top of the stairs in Chapter 1?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 1, “That always amazed [Holston]: how centuries of bare palms and shuffling feet could wear down” what?

5. What is said to cling to the boots that Holston is wearing in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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