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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Taking the newpaper clipping of Roosevelt with him.
(c) Taking the poster of Roosevelt with him.
(d) Buying the farm himself.

2. How was Ben killed?
(a) Trampled by horses.
(b) He was killed during the war.
(c) Shot by one of his friends.
(d) Stabbed by a stranger.

3. As Andy gets ready to leave, what does Margaret Feltner say to him?
(a) She tells him to forget everthing he has learned in Port William and to start over.
(b) She tells him not to forget what he has learned in Port William.
(c) Study hard.
(d) Find a good wife.

4. How does Rose die?
(a) Burned alive.
(b) She was killed by Ruth.
(c) She has a heart attack.
(d) A carriage ran over her.

5. Where is Andy from?
(a) A nearby town.
(b) Port William.
(c) Louisville.
(d) Cincinnati.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the unusual amount of energy cause Mat to do?

2. What is the best description of Glad Pettit's financial status?

3. Why has Jack's lawyer been away from the country?

4. What does Jack's lawyer inform Jack's tenant when he arrives on the farm?

5. How did Jack's feelings toward Rose change after the accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mat feel about Jack's death?

2. Why does Wheeler go to Jack's farm?

3. What kind of burial does Mat know Jack would have wanted to have?

4. What was Jack's relationship with his daughter Clara like?

5. What happens in Chapter Nine when Jack goes back to his room?

6. After the dinner at Mat Feltner's house, what does Jack do?

7. What happens to Jack after he has to rent out the farm?

8. What was Ruth's reaction when she discovered her husband's infidelities?

9. How did Jack first meet Rose McInnis?

10. What kind of things does Wheeler see that remind him of Jack?

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