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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. Håkan is about to leave the store in town when he sees what kind of visual representation of his own face on the wall?
(a) A drawing.
(b) An etching.
(c) A painting.
(d) A sculpture.

2. After leaving the canons, Håkan decides to build his shelter in what location?
(a) Next to a river.
(b) In a forest.
(c) In a tree.
(d) Underground.

3. Who makes Håkan's escape from a death sentence possible?
(a) The sheriff.
(b) Asa.
(c) Lorimer.
(d) Jarvis.

4. Helen is murdered in what way after being raped?
(a) She is strangled.
(b) She is drowned.
(c) She has her throat cut.
(d) She is smothered.

5. Håkan strikes "eastward as" what season again comes "to an end" (161)?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two items does Håkan want to buy when he enters a store in the town?

2. How many people does Håkan kill before he sees men climbing into the wagon where Helen and her brother are staying?

3. What type of food do the Indians provide to Håkan after they invite him into a lodge?

4. Chapter 15 sees Håkan renew his commitment to what goal?

5. What is the name of the sheriff's lackey who always backs the sheriff's moves?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the period of time when Håkan travels with the help of a burro and a horse, how does he view his goal destination of New York City?

2. What skills inherited from Lorimer does Håkan put to use at the scene of the wagon accident?

3. What event leads to Håkan's first experience of an emotion "other than pain and guilt" (140) since the killings?

4. For what reason does Håkan miss his first sign that he may be in danger when he reaches his first town since the killings?

5. Who is Jarvis?

6. What is Håkan's main fear when he enters the first town he has visited since the killings occurred?

7. Håkan believes what action to be impossible in relation to the men killed by his own hand?

8. What item does Håkan attempt to procure from the people traveling in the caravan train and what is the outcome?

9. In what way is the sheriff's corruption the key to Håkan's freedom?

10. How does Håkan feel when he discovers a rocking chair in the middle of the wilderness?

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