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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Raphael feel about Mexico?
(a) He hates it.
(b) He loves it.
(c) He doesn't see anything special there.
(d) He does not care as long as he is with friends.

2. Where does Jack sleep during a break in the trip to Mexico?
(a) A hotel.
(b) At a friend's house.
(c) In a park.
(d) The desert.

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

4. What does Jack feed the animals that come to his cabin in Washington?
(a) Boiled potatoes.
(b) Bread and water.
(c) Chilli.
(d) Flowers.

5. How much does Jack pay for his Skid Row room?
(a) $45.
(b) $7.45.
(c) $75.
(d) $1.75.

6. What is Jack's job at the beginning of the book?
(a) Forest ranger.
(b) Author.
(c) Miner.
(d) Fire lookout.

7. What does Jack think he is doomed to as far as love is concerned?
(a) Loving women who are too young.
(b) Loving women who can see through his facade.
(c) Loving women who hate him.
(d) Loving women who love other men.

8. Which of the following is NOT a reason that Jack gives for no longer being desirable to women?
(a) He is 34.
(b) He is wearing dirty jeans.
(c) He is too intelligent.
(d) He has wine on his teeth.

9. What movement is Rose involved in?
(a) The free-love movement.
(b) The Buddhist movement.
(c) The homosexual rights movement.
(d) The poetry movement.

10. What does Jack ask Cody to do about Raphael?
(a) Stop being so tense around him.
(b) Pretend to be interested in what he says.
(c) See the good in him.
(d) Ignore the bad in him.

11. What does Jack say he should have done more of while on Desolation Peak?
(a) Meditated.
(b) Written.
(c) Observed beauty.
(d) Prayed and repented.

12. What does Jack call his friend, Simon?
(a) The Prussian officer.
(b) The mad Russian.
(c) Poetry in motion.
(d) A wrteched poet and dreamer.

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

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

15. What is Fred's main duty?
(a) To work the ferry.
(b) To issue hunting licenses.
(c) To de-brief all fire rangers.
(d) To monitor campfires.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack decide to go to San Francisco after a sleepless night on Skid Row?

2. What does Irwin want Jack to be able to do with his fan mail?

3. What does Cody plan to do with his racetrack winnings?

4. What is the first thing Jack does when he climbs aboard the ferry?

5. Why is Jack so hesitant about taking a turn in driving the group out of Mexico?

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