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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What surprises Jack about the 80-year-old man who gives him a ride?
(a) He is rich.
(b) He drives fast.
(c) He doesn't talk much.
(d) He smokes marijuana.

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

4. What is the first thing Jack does when he climbs aboard the ferry?
(a) Bathes his feet.
(b) Embraces Fred.
(c) Kicks his shoes into the water.
(d) Falls asleep.

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

6. Where does Irwin convince Jack to go while in Mexico?
(a) A poetry reading.
(b) The movie theater.
(c) The college.
(d) A parade.

7. 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.

8. Why does Raphael need help packing?
(a) He is too ill to do it all himself.
(b) He wants to account for all of his possesions.
(c) He is going to Europe.
(d) He is breaking up with his girl.

9. 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.

10. 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 hate him.
(c) Loving women who can see through his facade.
(d) Loving women who love other men.

11. How does Gaines earn his money?
(a) He steals.
(b) He is an artist.
(c) He deals drugs.
(d) He rents out his house.

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

13. What sight makes Jack excited and eager to believe?
(a) The fog covering San Francisco.
(b) The rooftops of Frisco.
(c) The Oakland Bay Bridge.
(d) The ocean.

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

15. Which of the following is NOT a mountain that Jack enjoys looking at and pondering?
(a) Mount Hozomeen.
(b) Mount Jack.
(c) Mount Baker.
(d) Mount Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack say he should have done more of while on Desolation Peak?

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

3. How does Raphael feel about Mexico?

4. Where does Jack ask to be dropped off in Seattle?

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

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