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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Henry's pain in the present?

2. Where are Henry and Claire married?

3. What does Grace think of Henry?

4. Why doesn't Henry get the message that Claire can't make their meeting?

5. As a former ranger, what does Henry speak to groups about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Henry's experience finding work in New York?

2. Describe Henry's interview with Gibbs Pratt.

3. What are Henry's thoughts when he muses on death, in chapter 17?

4. Describe Henry's visit to Denver to see Claire.

5. What does Henry remember of his father at the funeral?

6. What are Henry's thoughts when he arrives in St. Louis?

7. Describe Henry's state, in Chapter 13, as he drives eastward.

8. What augury does Henry find on his trip?

9. How does Claire die?

10. Describe Henry's trip to Denver to see Claire before she leaves for college.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Henry Lightcap is a Hedonist of the first order--how does Abbey feel about sensual pleasures, and is there a contradiction in *reading* about pleasures of the flesh?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is Joe's desire to be buried with his relatives a measure of Henry's life? In what ways is it insufficient as a measure of the value of a person's life, to be buried with relatives? What is proposed instead, as a measure of value?

Essay Topic 3

Where does the novel change voices or tones, and what do these shift in voice or tone tell us about the book? How does the prelude, for instance, frame the book by being told from another person's perspective?

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