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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 69 - 72 | Book I, Part II - Desolation in the World: Chapters 73 - 76.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To Jack, the forest service is a metaphor of what?
(a) The circle of life.
(b) Totalitarian governments.
(c) Nature.
(d) A child with too much responsibility.

2. What does Jack do whenever something sad happens to him?
(a) Writes about it.
(b) Yells ot the heavens.
(c) Takes 'depression walks'.
(d) Drinks tequila.

3. How does Jack decide to go to San Francisco after a sleepless night on Skid Row?
(a) Hitchhike.
(b) A bus.
(c) Walk.
(d) Take a boat.

4. What does Jack plan to bring to Simon's house when he finally leaves Washington?
(a) Some good opium.
(b) His new poems.
(c) A crate of wine.
(d) A lot of food.

5. What about the Seattle Times makes Jack sick after returning from the woods?
(a) The smell of ink.
(b) The stories of bloodshed.
(c) The sight of so much waste.
(d) The sounds of the rustling pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack decide he needs when he sees the Greyhound baggage carriers?

2. What does Jack like to invent?

3. What is Jack's Solitaire game based on?

4. What does the shock of lightning remind Jack of?

5. What does Jack want to "own" before he leaves Washington?

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