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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A convoy from what location arrives in order to threaten the Brennans if they do not give up their mine and flee?
(a) Kansas City.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Topeka.
(d) Clangston.

2. What particular medical skill does Lorimer teach to Håkan at the site of the massacre?
(a) Appendectomy techniques.
(b) Tourniquet techniques.
(c) Cauterizing techniques.
(d) Amputation techniques.

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

4. The prologue of In the Distance takes place in the same time frame as what other section of the novel?
(a) The end of the novel.
(b) The epigraph.
(c) The epilogue.
(d) The 14th chapter.

5. At one point when Håkan is feverish and delusional, he awakens next to what type of dead animal?
(a) A duck.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 7, Håkan and the rest of the convoy begin to cross what type of natural feature?

3. What element of weather leads to the men's predicament of being stranded?

4. James Brennan's mine is located nearby what body of water?

5. Which character falls ill with fever in Chapter 7?

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