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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. What part of Asa's body becomes severely injured in a fall?
(a) His arm.
(b) His leg.
(c) His hip.
(d) His collarbone.

2. Håkan performs surgery on his horse Pingo in order to remove what substance from its belly?
(a) Glass.
(b) Nightshade.
(c) Poison ivy.
(d) Dust.

3. What weapons are the armed men brandishing when they confront Håkan in the street?
(a) Knives.
(b) Muskets.
(c) Rifles.
(d) Pistols.

4. What action does Håkan take that causes him to acknowledge the comedy and thrill of the situation, while also feeling small, frail, and lonely?
(a) He washes himself in a bathtub in the middle of the desert.
(b) He builds and moves into a tree house in the desert.
(c) He sleeps in a bed in the middle of the desert.
(d) He sits in a lone rocking chair in the middle of the desert.

5. The first ship boarded by Linus and Håkan is on its way to what location?
(a) Italy.
(b) New York City.
(c) Gothenburg.
(d) Portsmouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Håkan strikes "eastward as" what season again comes "to an end" (161)?

2. What is distinctive about the town of Clangston?

3. How many men does Håkan see climb into the wagon where Helen and her brother are staying?

4. About how many teeth in total do the Native Americans give to Lorimer in payment for his medical services?

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

(see the answer key)

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