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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 is the one commodity Håkan deems to be generally impossible to buy in America?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Horses.
(d) Wine.

2. What type of animal is Pingo?
(a) A burro.
(b) A mule.
(c) A horse.
(d) A dog.

3. Håkan sees which of his own acts as an act against god?
(a) None of them.
(b) Killing.
(c) Surrendering.
(d) Lying.

4. The woman who takes Håkan as a sex slave also spends a great deal of time engaged in what activity with him?
(a) Reading to him.
(b) Dressing him.
(c) Combing his hair.
(d) Bathing him.

5. In what part of Håkan's body is he bitten by a snake?
(a) His neck.
(b) His right wrist.
(c) His right heel.
(d) His left heel.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what practice is Håkan said to find "an immense and unexpected pleasure" (229)?

2. The crowd in front of the jail pelts Håkan with what substance?

3. What particular medical skill does Lorimer teach to Håkan at the site of the massacre?

4. In what century is the novel In the Distance set?

5. What does Håkan lose "in a matter of days" (22)?

(see the answer key)

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