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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. Who does Will run into at the hotel on his wedding night?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) His business partner.
(c) Another war veteran.
(d) Winona.

2. How are people identified in the nursing home?
(a) By their room number.
(b) By their medications.
(c) By their last names.
(d) By their arrival dates.

3. What does Will do when they reach the lake where Ned was killed?
(a) Swims in the lake.
(b) Sits in a tree.
(c) Cries hysterically.
(d) Lies on the ground for hours.

4. Who was the man who saved Will's leg during the war?
(a) Sal Smith.
(b) Everett Hocking.
(c) Frederick Clark.
(d) William Morgan.

5. In what state is the town in #15 located?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Willie and his mother have to stay in rented rooms after the war?

2. What does Cassie prepare for Lucy for breakfast?

3. Who was the Union soldier Will dragged into a ditch with him?

4. Where does Lucy tell Will she and the children will wait for him at the lake?

5. What does Will purchase when he returns home from visiting the Utts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical and emotional changes occur in Will after visiting the lake where Ned was killed?

2. Why does Will terminate Cassie?

3. How did Ned Smythe's mother react to news of his death?

4. How does the novel begin?

5. Even though Lucy is younger than Will, how does she view him regarding his emotional war wounds?

6. How does Ned's mother react when Will visits her to talk about Ned's death?

7. Why is Lucy's wedding night especially difficult for Lucy on two levels?

8. Who was Lady Marsden and what were some of the things she was noted for?

9. How old was Willie when he became a soldier and how did the war affect him?

10. What is the irony of Sal Smith's situation when Will sees him again many years later?

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