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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book I, Part I - Desolation in Solitude: Chapters 35 - 40 | Book I, Part I - Desolation in Solitude: Chapters 41 - 47.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which mountain is hit by a major storm while Jack is on duty in Washington?
(a) Mount Rose.
(b) Old Jack.
(c) Mount Baker.
(d) Mount Hozomeen.

2. Where does Jack learn to roll his own cigarettes?
(a) Prison.
(b) The Army.
(c) His grandfather's house.
(d) High school.

3. What does Jack do on Sunday mornings while he is working in Washington?
(a) Listens to the radio.
(b) Meets up with Lulu.
(c) Writes to his mother.
(d) Meditates.

4. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?
(a) Birds.
(b) Water.
(c) Air.
(d) Fire.

5. What does the shock of lightning remind Jack of?
(a) Evelyn.
(b) An escape.
(c) His father.
(d) Writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. To Jack, the forest service is a metaphor of what?

2. What does Jack like to invent?

3. What is the only book that Jack has to read while he is in Washington?

4. What does Jack want to eat more than anything in the world while he is working in the forest in Washington?

5. What does Jack think he is doomed to as far as love is concerned?

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