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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many teeth in total do the Native Americans give to Lorimer in payment for his medical services?
(a) 1 dozen.
(b) 3 score.
(c) 2 dozen.
(d) 1 score.

2. What action does Hakan refuse to take throughout most of the journey to America?
(a) To speak.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To come aboveboard.
(d) To open his eyes.

3. Who is the first person in the narrative to call Håkan by the name of "Hawk" (31)?
(a) The barman.
(b) The dragoon.
(c) The scoundrel.
(d) The boss.

4. Toward what location does Lorimer travel when he parts ways with Håkan?
(a) Saladillo.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Milwaukee.
(d) Clangston.

5. What is distinctive about the town of Clangston?
(a) It is overrun with rattlesnakes.
(b) It is composed of only one side of one street.
(c) It is underground.
(d) It is composed of three parallel streets with no intersections.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Håkan acquire Pingo?

2. In what chapter do Lorimer and Håkan part from one another?

3. The prologue of In the Distance takes place in the same time frame as what other section of the novel?

4. In which direction does Håkan travel after escaping from the clutches of the woman in Clangston?

5. The prologue takes place on a ship near what location?

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