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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thanks to Phillip, everyone knows what about Nordstrom?
(a) He is moving.
(b) He does not know Sonia very well.
(c) He is getting divorced.
(d) He has given away all his money and is going on a long trip.

2. How does Sarah respond when Nordstrom makes a counter offer?
(a) She is scared.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She is angry.

3. He walks home the next morning and is upset by seeing what?
(a) Homeless people sleeping in a tent.
(b) An old black man in a puddle of vomit and a diseased tree.
(c) No one on the street.
(d) Trash all over the road.

4. Nordstrom hits Slats who replies with what?
(a) A gun pointed in Norstrom's face.
(b) A death threat.
(c) A punch in the face.
(d) A glare.

5. They stop for the night at a homesteader's home where Samuel does what?
(a) Meets his future wife.
(b) Becomes friends with the homesteader.
(c) Helps with the farming.
(d) Takes an interest in the man's daughter.

6. Where does Nordstrom want to be?
(a) Cooking in a restaurant by the ocean.
(b) On vacation with Sonia.
(c) Sitting on a beach chair staring at the ocean.
(d) With Laura again.

7. Tristan and Susannah marry before Samuel's funeral against whose wishes?
(a) His mother's wishes.
(b) His father's wishes.
(c) Her mother's wishes.
(d) His own wishes.

8. The brothers' father, Ludlow, regrets what?
(a) Letting Samuel go to war instead of sending him back to Harvard.
(b) Letting his sons go hunting without him.
(c) Letting his Native American friend risk his life.
(d) Letting his sons go to war instead of sending them back to Harvard.

9. What poet does Isabel invite for dinner?
(a) John Ashbery.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Amy Lowell.

10. What does Nordstrom think about what Phillip says?
(a) It is probably not true.
(b) It is probably true.
(c) It is unlikely.
(d) It is not true.

11. For what is Susannah waiting that helps her improve again?
(a) Spring, when she will be with Tristan again.
(b) The birth of a child.
(c) Alfred's return in the spring.
(d) Winter, when she will be with Tristan again.

12. Tristan smuggles whiskey through the wilderness and makes a __________ profit.
(a) Small.
(b) Decent.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Large.

13. Nordstrom walks from Brookline to Cambridge for what?
(a) To meet his daughter.
(b) To see a friend.
(c) To go to a dance concert.
(d) His appointment with the psychiatrist.

14. Nordstrom tells the psychiatrist that he wants to be like who?
(a) King Arthur.
(b) Robin Hood.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Peter Pan.

15. Tristan finally tells Susannah of his plans to meet his grandfather where?
(a) In Haiti.
(b) In Jamaica.
(c) In Havana.
(d) In Puerto Rico.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Ludlow stay in his room after his sons leave?

2. What does Tristan do to the officer?

3. How does Susannah feel about Tristan leaving?

4. After making the ivory delivery, what does Tristan agree to transport to San Francisco?

5. What happens after Tristan asks Ludlow to remember that Alfred is his son?

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