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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 20-24 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Brennans are surprised by what aspect of the prices they encounter once on land?
(a) How they differ according to the method of payment used.
(b) How often they fluctuate.
(c) How high they are.
(d) How low they are.

2. The vast majority of the men in the convoy want to take what action in regard to the massacre?
(a) They want to provide medical aid.
(b) They want to steal whatever is left.
(c) They want to take a detour around the scene.
(d) They want to take no action at all.

3. Håkan concludes that the men who approach the burrow are what kind of men?
(a) Wild and untamed.
(b) Dangerous and cunning.
(c) Desperate and dangerous.
(d) Wild and unkind.

4. The music from what type of instrument draws Håkan toward the Indian lodges?
(a) A flute.
(b) An organ.
(c) A drum.
(d) A rattle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does Jarvis take the first time he and Håkan meet?

2. Håkan's two initial feelings about the Brennans' claim then turn to what other emotion?

3. What kind of expedition do the Brennans launch when they get to the United States?

4. Håkan is about to leave the store in town when he sees what kind of visual representation of his own face on the wall?

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

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