Question 1

The Orchard Keeper

Describe Ownby's encounter with a welfare department agent in the jail.

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Question 2

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How does John Wesley manage to get into the mental asylum to visit Ownby?

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Question 3

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Describe the conversation in which Ownby gives John Wesley advice about his life.

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Question 4

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Why can the authorities not be absolutely certain that the corpse is that of Kenneth Rattner and what do they tell Rattner's widow?

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Question 5

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What happens to the Rattners by the end of the story?

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Question 6

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How else might the irony of Sylder and John Wesley's friendship be interpreted?

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Question 7

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Why is Sylder's toe injury probably unrelated to a war injury?

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Question 8

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Why does Sylder stop at Officer Gifford's house on the way home from a whiskey run?

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Question 9

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What sense of foreboding does Sylder have as he tries to fall asleep?

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Question 10

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Who is Arthur Ownby and what is he doing as this chapter begins?

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Question 11

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Why does McCarthy wait until this point in the story to reveal the orchard keeper's formal name?

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Question 12

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Describe the activities of the wildcat as it tries to find dry quarters as well as something to eat.

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Question 13

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Describe the police attack on Ownby's house.

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Question 14

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How does Arthur stand firm in an attempt to evade the police and find an even more isolated location?

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Question 15

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How is Sylder finally apprehended for bootlegging?

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Question 16

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Why does Gifford focus his question about Ownby on a storekeep named Huffaker?

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Question 17

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Describe Ownby's arrest by Officer Gifford.

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Question 18

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How does Sylder end up killing the man?

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Question 19

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Where does Sylder dispose of the body and whose presence is he unaware of?

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Question 20

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What does the old man recall about the day he discovered the corpse buried in the peach pit?

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Question 21

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Why is the old man afraid of cats and what extreme measures has he taken to keep them at bay?

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Question 22

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What is life like now for Kenneth Rattner's widow and son, John Wesley, since Rattner is dead?

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Question 23

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. What do the voices in the woods tell John Wesley to do?

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Question 24

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What does Mrs. Rattner tell John Wesley about his father?

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Question 25

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How does the author further the theme of ignorance and obscurity?

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