The Memory of Old Jack Quiz

Wendell Berry

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did Mat ask to have read during the funeral? (from Chapter Eleven, Here We Leave Him to His Rest, Chapter Twelve, Wheeler, and Epilogue)

Psalms.

Proverbs.

Poetry.

A eulogy.

2.

How old was Jack when Ruth suffered her heart attack? (from Chapter Eight, Exile)

50.

75.

45.

90.

3.

What object does Jack's lawyer see that has a picture of Jack's hero on it? (from Chapter Eleven, Here We Leave Him to His Rest, Chapter Twelve, Wheeler, and Epilogue)

A poster.

A coffee mug.

A cigarette carton.

A newspaper clipping.

4.

After Ben's death, how did Jack view Mat? (from Chapter Seven, Through the Valley)

Mat had grown into a man worthy of his father.

He was showing signs of promise but then backtracked once his father died.

Jack wanted to become the father Mat never had.

Mat was irresponsible and still needed to grow up.

5.

What does Ruth tell Jack after their daughter is born? (from Chapter Four, Will Wells)

She doesn't want any more children.

She is leaving him.

She wishes their daughter would have been stillborn as well.

She will stay married to him, but she wants to go live with her sister.

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