Scat Quiz

Chapters 18 and 19 quiz

______1. Did Twilly tell Nick and Marta that he knew who had started the fire?

`A. Yes

B. No

______2. Why was Drake McBride at the hospital?

  1. He had been hit by one of the metal pipes at the Black Vine Swamp.
  2. He had been ambushed at the swamp by someone and hurt.
  3. His new horse had thrown him off.

______3. What did Drake McBride try and do so he could get to see a doctor before other people?

  1. He started arguing with a nurse.
  2. He told them he was having a heart attack.
  3. He tried to pay the people off to put him at the first of the line.

______4. Who had got ambushed for the second time that worked for the Red Diamond Corporation?

  1. Jimmy Lee Bayliss
  2. Melton
  3. Drake McBride

______5. Jimmy Lee told Drake McBride that a federal game warden was going to come out to the Black Vine Swamp because

______.

  1. He had heard there was illegal activity going on out there.
  2. He had been told someone reported a wild panther was near Red Diamond’s area.
  3. He had been told that someone was killing animals in that area.

______6. If they found a panther in the area, why would activity out there have to be supervised by the government?

  1. Because of the FBI Legislative Act 54
  2. Because of the Endangered Species Act
  3. Because the government would have to try and identify the number of panthers in the area.

______7. Why did Twilly believe that Red Diamond Corporation had something to do with the fire?

  1. He felt they were trying to frame Smoke to get the attention away from Red Diamond Corp.
  2. He felt that Red Diamond had kidnapped Mrs. Starch
  3. He believed that Red Diamond was killing the panthers in the area.

______8. What did Twilly do when he turned off of Route 29 onto a dusty road and parked the car?

  1. He covered it with tree branches and palm fronds so no one would see it.
  2. He turned the radio up very loud to let Red Diamond know he was there.
  3. He waited for Jimmy Lee Bayliss to come and meet with him.

______9. Who did Nick tell that he felt like he could trust?

  1. Mrs. Starch
  2. Jimmy Lee Bayliss
  3. Twilly

______10. How did Twilly say he knew about what happened to Nick’s father in Iraq?

  1. He said he heard it over the radio.
  2. He said Smoke had told him.
  3. He Dr. Waxmo had told him.

______11. Who told Nick that if he wanted to see a wild panther that it was his lucky day?

  1. Mrs. Starch
  2. Marta
  3. Twilly

______12. When they arrived at the secret camp, who came out of one of the tents?

  1. Smoke’s father
  2. Dr. Waxmo
  3. Mrs. Starch

______13. What did Mrs. Starch show Nick and Marta that she said was extraordinary, but they could not tell anyone?

  1. The drilling pipes that they stole from Red Diamond Corporation
  2. Baby panthers
  3. Some more stuffed animals

______14. Why did Dr. Dressler go back to Mr. Scrod’s home?

  1. To tell him that the case was all over the news
  2. To ask him to tell Smoke to turn himself in if he saw him
  3. To see if Mr. Scrod would go on television to plead for Smoke to turn himself in to the police

______15. Did Mr. Dressler begin to believe Smoke when he told him that he did not set the fire, and his that his father said

the last day his father saw his book bag was when some tax man came to visit at their home?

  1. Yes
  2. No