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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What type of animal is Pingo?
(a) A dog.
(b) A mule.
(c) A burro.
(d) A horse.
2. Toward what location does Lorimer travel when he parts ways with Håkan?
(a) Clangston.
(b) Saladillo.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Milwaukee.
3. Who is the first person in the narrative to call Håkan by the name of "Hawk" (31)?
(a) The scoundrel.
(b) The dragoon.
(c) The barman.
(d) The boss.
4. The prologue of In the Distance takes place in the same time frame as what other section of the novel?
(a) The 14th chapter.
(b) The epilogue.
(c) The end of the novel.
(d) The epigraph.
5. Who directs the preparation of the medicine to heal the person ill with fever?
(a) Linus.
(b) Håkan.
(c) Lorimer.
(d) Jarvis.
Short Answer Questions
1. What job had James Brennan held prior to launching an expedition in the United States?
2. In what port does Håkan's ship finally dock once it reaches the United States?
3. In what kind of landscape is Håkan wandering after he escapes from Clangston?
4. Before Håkan can enact his plan to escape from the clutches of the dragoon and the rest, who sets him free?
5. When the convoy hears that there is the aftermath of a massacre up ahead, a group of what type of people have been massacred?
Short Essay Questions
1. What method does Håkan's father Erik use to obtain the money to send his sons to America?
2. How does Håkan end up on a ship ultimately bound for California, when he had been headed for New York City?
3. Describe the striking opening image of In the Distance.
4. How is the theme of family bonds demonstrated within Chapter 6?
5. How does Håkan feel about his older brother Linus?
6. What major character change does Håkan undergo against his will as a result of his association with Lorimer?
7. Describe a time in the narrative when a metaphor is used to indicate a particular mood.
8. Why is the extremely large man a topic of conversation for the other passengers on the ship, other than his size?
9. How does the theme of delusion enter the narrative after Håkan's escape from the dragoon and the woman with the diseased gums?
10. Who is Lorimer and what are three of his characteristics?
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