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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does Jack's aunt make for dinner every Sunday night when he is a child?
(a) Pot Roast.
(b) Mac N' Cheese.
(c) Enchiladas.
(d) Spaghetti.

3. Who plays the piano at Ehrman's house?
(a) Jack.
(b) Cody.
(c) Ehrman.
(d) Raphael.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gaines earn his money?

2. Why is Jack so void of emotion as he leaves his summer home?

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

4. On what holiday does Jack arrive in Texas after his stay in Mexico?

5. What does Jack discuss with the two friends he meets on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mount Hozomeen become Jack's metaphor for The Void?

2. Why is Jack not affected by the news stories going on around him when he is in Washington?

3. What is it that Jack desires, and yet fears above all?

4. What does Jack think about the men looking at a pornographic magazine?

5. What does Jack observe in the streets while heading to his favorite jazz club?

6. What illusion does Jack have about the moon one night about a month before he leaves Washington?

7. Why does Jack dislike the use of form in poetry?

8. Why is Jack so void of emotion as he leaves the cabin where he lived in all summer?

9. What does Simon save his brother from?

10. Why does Jack need a ride to Mill Valley?

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