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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. How often do Jack and Ennis begin to see each other, saying they are going fishing?
(a) Every two or three years.
(b) Every month.
(c) Every couple of weeks.
(d) Once or twice a year.

2. Where does Ennis go after his final holiday meal with Alma and their kids?
(a) The motel to meet Jack.
(b) The payphone to call Jack.
(c) The Black and Blue Eagle bar.
(d) His apartment to pack and move.

3. What holiday does Ennis join Alma and her husband and kids for after they split up?
(a) Christmas.
(b) New Year's.
(c) Easter.
(d) Thanksgiving.

4. What is Alma's husband's name?
(a) Chuck.
(b) Paul.
(c) Steve.
(d) Bill.

5. What does Jack tell Ennis he did when Ennis told Jack the only thing they can do it meet up in the middle of nowhere every so often?
(a) He said he shot his airplane out of the sky.
(b) He said he burst his bubble.
(c) He said he rained on his parade.
(d) He said he killed his dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Francine when Alma decides to divorce Ennis?

2. Where do Ennis and Jack drive to after leaving Ennis's house?

3. What is Jack's wife's name?

4. How old is Alma, Jr. when Alma decides to divorce Ennis?

5. What does Jack tell Ennis about his 15-year-old son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack tell Ennis about Lureen's family?

2. Why does Alma work as a grocery clerk while married to Ennis?

3. What does Ennis tell Jack about the bar tender from the Wolf Ears bar he has been seeing during their trip in May of 1983?

4. How does Ennis react when Alma tells him she is going to yell for her husband after he grabs her wrist when discussing Jack at Thanksgiving?

5. What does Jack say after he and Ennis have sex at the Motel Siesta?

6. How does Jack's life change after his father-in-law dies?

7. How does Ennis respond to Alma after she refers to Jack as "Jack Nasty" (270)?

8. What does Jack tell Ennis about his son during their trip together in May 1983?

9. What does Ennis do with Alma, her husband, and the girls the first few years after their divorce?

10. What does Alma tell Ennis before referring to Jack as "Jack Nasty" (270)?

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