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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. Who gives Russ permission to go on the Spring church mission trip?
(a) Ambrose.
(b) Marion.
(c) Kitty.
(d) Dwight.

2. Why does Russ go to Ambrose’s office to talk to him after the car accident with Frances in the car?
(a) To fire Ambrose.
(b) To hide from Ambrose.
(c) To apologize to Ambrose.
(d) To argue with Ambrose.

3. What does Russ see walking back for seven hours, on his way to the Mesa, after the Navajo event?
(a) A wolf that he thinks is a devil.
(b) A buzzard that he thinks is an angel.
(c) A falcon that he thinks is an angel.
(d) A coyote that he thinks is a wolf.

4. When Marion goes to the Haefle house, where does she find Judson in the house?
(a) Sitting on the couch watching a movie.
(b) Sleeping upstairs in a bedroom.
(c) Throwing up in a toilet.
(d) Sitting on the couch getting high on drugs.

5. Who is the agent Becky meets at the party who thinks that she was Laura?
(a) Gigi Benedetti.
(b) Gig Benedetti.
(c) Gidget.
(d) Gina Lollobridgida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marion say to Clem when he says he wants to go join the military?

2. When Russ calls Ambrose a fraud and a “raging egomaniac,” what does Ambrose do?

3. Why does Laura have to go and live with Tanner’s family?

4. What does Laura give to Becky as “a little present”?

5. Who does Marion go to confront on Maple Street, in an effort to punish Russ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the “experiment” that Frances wants to do with Russ?

2. Where did Russ go instead of joining the military in the World War I, in 1944?

3. What does Marion say to Clem when he says that he is going into the military to go to the Vietnam War?

4. Why did Russ feel that he was a failure sexually to Frances?

5. Explain how Russ’s relationship with Rick Ambrose goes from love, to hate to love over the course of the novel.

6. Why does Clem hate Russ for not going to war when he was at an age to do so?

7. Why does Russ’s father never forgive Russ’s grandfather Opa Clement?

8. Why did Frances tell Russ that she has to quit the Tuesday Circle group at the church?

9. What does Russ feel when Marion rejects him in bed for the first time?

10. How did Russ use Larry to find out about how serious Frances was with her boyfriend?

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