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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Håkan wakes up next to a dead animal, to what cause does he attribute the animal's cause of death?
(a) Disease.
(b) Starvation.
(c) A broken neck.
(d) Dehydration.

2. Lorimer can speak a bit of which language in addition to English?
(a) German.
(b) Swedish.
(c) Welsh.
(d) Latin.

3. The landscape through which the Brennans and Håkan move on their expedition is composed of what?
(a) Forest.
(b) Sagebrush.
(c) Marsh.
(d) Desert.

4. Before Håkan can enact his plan to escape from the clutches of the dragoon and the rest, who sets him free?
(a) The fat man.
(b) The dragoon.
(c) The woman.
(d) The highway robber.

5. The narrator refers to the man at the head of the nefarious convoy by using what term?
(a) Barman.
(b) Boss.
(c) Scoundrel.
(d) Fat man.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point when Håkan is feverish and delusional, he awakens next to what type of dead animal?

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

3. Which two sons in Håkan's family die from illness?

4. On what continent had Lorimer attended college?

5. How long is the longest tooth in Lorimer's new collection?

(see the answer key)

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