Question 1

The Orchard Keeper

How does the author give the first clue that Sylder is a bootlegger?

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Question 2

The Orchard Keeper

How does John Wesley acquire his animal traps?

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Question 3

The Orchard Keeper

What is the most that John Wesley has ever caught in his traps?

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Question 4

The Orchard Keeper

What spooks the orchard keeper when he visits the peach pit where the corpse is buried?

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Question 5

The Orchard Keeper

What does the orchard keeper do when he returns to his house?

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Question 6

The Orchard Keeper

What other possible explanation could there be for Sylder's driving fast to elude the police?

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Question 7

The Orchard Keeper

What is the whiskey running process in place in the area and what is Sylder's role in it?

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Question 8

The Orchard Keeper

What are the circumstances in which Sylder once again encounters the old man?

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Question 9

The Orchard Keeper

How does John Wesley happen to meet Sylder?

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Question 10

The Orchard Keeper

What is the symbolism of the old man firing on the government tank on his property?

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Question 11

The Orchard Keeper

How does McCarthy set up the book's major irony in this chapter?

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Question 12

The Orchard Keeper

Who are Gifford and Legwater and what do they find at the scene of the car crash?

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Question 13

The Orchard Keeper

What does the orchard keeper do on a snowy morning involving the peach pit?

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Question 14

The Orchard Keeper

What does the orchard keeper do on a snowy morning involving the peach pit?

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Question 15

The Orchard Keeper

In addition to his traps, what does Warn point out to the other boys?

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Question 16

The Orchard Keeper

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

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Question 17

The Orchard Keeper

Does it appear that Arthur is completely anti-social?

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Question 18

The Orchard Keeper

What emotions does the orchard keeper have when he finds the peach pit smoldering?

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Question 19

The Orchard Keeper

How does Gifford put pressure on John Wesley to give up information about Sylder?

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Question 20

The Orchard Keeper

What information does John Wesley give to Gifford and what does Sylder say about it?

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Question 21

The Orchard Keeper

How does Sylder recall losing part of his toe in the war?

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Question 22

The Orchard Keeper

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

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Question 23

The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery

Is the second series, We Solve Murders on Bookrags?m

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Question 24

A Streetcar Named Desire

A streetcar named desire

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Last updated by Cat on 30 May 20:17

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Question 25

The Orchard Keeper

What is Kenneth Rattner doing as the novel begins?

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Last updated by Cat on 30 May 18:02

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