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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sheriff announces that Håkan will undergo what punishment for his crimes after being paraded through the countryside?
(a) By drowning.
(b) By tarring and feathering.
(c) By boiling in oil.
(d) By hanging.

2. Jarvis proudly shows Håkan his pistol that shoots how many bullets without a reload?
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. Jarvis is particularly interested in which aspect of Håkan's past?
(a) Håkan's violent acts.
(b) The Clangston woman.
(c) The location of Pingo's corpse.
(d) Håkan's childhood in Sweden.

4. What is NOT a smell present within Håkan's jail cell?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Urine.
(c) Onions.
(d) Dogs.

5. What type of weather does the narrator state happens sometimes and is "always a miracle" (105)?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Fog.
(c) Snow.
(d) Rain.

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

7. Håkan is adamant when he tells Asa what information?
(a) He had killed to avenge Helen's rape and murder.
(b) He had only killed men.
(c) He had killed only in his own defense.
(d) He had not killed anyone.

8. With what celestial object does Håkan take issue?
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) The Milky Way.
(d) The North star.

9. How many people does Håkan kill before he sees men climbing into the wagon where Helen and her brother are staying?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

10. What animal does Håkan describe as having a head completely out of proportion with its body?
(a) A tortoise.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A musk ox.
(d) A roadrunner.

11. Jarvis tells Håkan that the caravan will reach their destination in what period of time?
(a) A few seasons.
(b) A few weeks.
(c) A few days.
(d) A few months.

12. From what cause does Asa perish?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) A fire.
(c) A drowning.
(d) A fall.

13. How does Håkan retrieve the item he leaves in the village by mistake?
(a) He finds it years later.
(b) It returns to Håkan of its own accord.
(c) A little boy rides after Håkan to give it back.
(d) He sneaks back in the middle of the night.

14. Håkan's experience being bitten by a snake causes him to discover that he fears what element?
(a) Death.
(b) The unknown.
(c) Life.
(d) Snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reward does Jarvis offer Håkan in exchange for a particular service?

2. What action does Håkan take that causes him to acknowledge the comedy and thrill of the situation, while also feeling small, frail, and lonely?

3. What part of Håkan's body act as the only part that reminds him of his former self?

4. Håkan decides in Chapter 15 that by the time what season comes, he will be ready to interact with people again?

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

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