2. What were Jack's wishes for burial?
(a) An elaborate coffin.
(b) A coffin that is as simple as possible.
(c) Cremation.
(d) To be buried next to Rose.

3. How does Andy characterize the woods and streams in Port William?
(a) They are like parents to him.
(b) They are nice, but not enough to keep him there.
(c) He thinks they could be pretty, but they have been ravaged by the war.
(d) They are like the poems he has been reading.

4. What did Mat ask to have read during the funeral?
(a) A eulogy.
(b) Psalms.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Proverbs.

5. What is one of the questions that Jack asks Andy?
(a) How his mother is doing.
(b) What he plans to do with his life.
(c) How business in town is doing.
(d) What the weather looks like it is going to do.

6. What did Jack realize when he told Glad of his plans for the future?
(a) Clara wanted to stay and run the business.
(b) Glad was an inept farmer.
(c) Glad and Clara would never live in Port William.
(d) Glad had already found a way to take over the farm.

7. What does Mat do in his backyard on the night after Jack's service?
(a) Prepares his own funeral service.
(b) Contemplates Jack in silence.
(c) Cries.
(d) Builds another barn.

8. What is Andy's girlfriend's name?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Rose.
(d) Kirby.

9. What is the best description of Rose and Jack's interaction with one another?
(a) There was an unspoken attraction between the two of the them.
(b) Jack gossiped about her along with the rest of the people in the town, so they did not talk to one another.
(c) Jack hated her, but Rose liked him.
(d) Their interactions were strictly business like.

10. What does the unusual amount of energy cause Mat to do?
(a) Build a shed.
(b) Stay up all night thinking about Jack.
(c) Construct a monument in Jack's honor.
(d) Drive all night long to be with Clara.

11. After a time, what happened between Rose and Jack?
(a) They began to have an affair.
(b) Jack stopped talking to her even though she wanted to keep speaking with him.
(c) They had to stop talking to one another so that they could remain faithful to their marriages.
(d) They went into business together.

12. Where did Ruth go after her heart attack?
(a) Back to the farm with Jack.
(b) To Clara's house in Louisville.
(c) To Rose's house.
(d) To Mat's and Margaret's house.

13. After Jack's lawyer gives the tenant the news, where does he go?
(a) Into the shed.
(b) Into the house.
(c) Into the fields.
(d) Into the barn.

14. What does Jack's lawyer think about doing as he lingers on Jack's farm?
(a) Giving the farm to Mat even though that wasn't Jack's wish.
(b) Buying the farm himself.
(c) Taking the newpaper clipping of Roosevelt with him.
(d) Taking the poster of Roosevelt with him.

15. How does Jack remember the years following Rose's absence?
(a) The years following her death were passed in sadness and darkness.
(b) They were chaotic after she left the business.
(c) The details are fuzzy.
(d) He was relieved to be finished with the affair.