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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Jack, what has little place in a civilized world?
(a) Impatience and rudeness.
(b) Judgement and arrogance.
(c) Enlightenment of solitude.
(d) Peace and calm.

2. What is the name of the woman Jack might have married at one point?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maisy.

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

4. What does Jack decide he needs when he sees the Greyhound baggage carriers?
(a) A haircut.
(b) A place to stay.
(c) A servant.
(d) A suitcase.

5. What does Jack want to "own" before he leaves Washington?
(a) A fire.
(b) The wind.
(c) His soul.
(d) A forest.

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

7. Why is Jack so hesitant about taking a turn in driving the group out of Mexico?
(a) He doesn't know how to drive.
(b) He is drunk.
(c) His license is expired.
(d) He is tired.

8. On what holiday does Jack arrive in Texas after his stay in Mexico?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Thanksgiving.

9. What does Jack discuss with the two friends he meets on the street?
(a) Poetry and death.
(b) Knowledge and Wisdom.
(c) Experience and misery.
(d) Life and Joy.

10. How does Jack travel to Mexico?
(a) Train.
(b) Hitch-hiking.
(c) Bus.
(d) Walking.

11. When he wakes up one morning at the cabin, what does Jack think may not be a wise thing for him to do?
(a) Take up drinking again.
(b) Stay in Washington until the end of the season.
(c) Try and remember his dreams.
(d) Write down his true feelings.

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

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

14. What is the only book that Jack has to read while he is in Washington?
(a) God is in all Things.
(b) The Bible.
(c) My God, My Country.
(d) The God That Failed.

15. What does "Maya'"mean?
(a) A form of communication that needs no words.
(b) Escaping the world to find one's self.
(c) Believing a reality that is not real.
(d) A religion without a God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack see illusions of while he is out in the storm all night?

2. What does Jack's aunt make for dinner every Sunday night when he is a child?

3. What is the name of the girl who approaches Jack in the Cellar?

4. What does Jack do on Sunday mornings while he is working in Washington?

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

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