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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 does Prell Station give Henry?
(a) Special assignments.
(b) A bonus.
(c) A steady paycheck.
(d) A discipline report.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Betty get a job doing?
(a) Washing hair.
(b) At the post office.
(c) Typing.
(d) Cleaning houses.

3. What happens when Henry has to deliver a registered letter in Chapter 1?
(a) He waits and waits until someone will answer.
(b) He drops it in the garbage.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He forces his way in when the person won't answer the door.

4. What does Henry tell the woman who is the recipient of the registered letter in Chapter 1?
(a) She can forget ever getting her mail again.
(b) If she does not sign, she is robbing the US mail.
(c) She can die.
(d) She is a horrible person.

5. What do the townspeople in Chapter 2 think of Henry?
(a) They pity him.
(b) They love him.
(c) They hate him.
(d) They both pity and hate Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assumes Henry is after Joyce's money?

2. What does the woman who is the recipient of the registered letter do to Henry's face?

3. What happens to Battles in Chapter 1 that depresses a supervisor?

4. Whose hometown is picked by experts as the least likely to be hit with an atomic bomb?

5. How many years has G.G. been working for the postal service?

Short Essay Questions

1. From whom and how does Matthew Battles steal, and whom does this disappoint?

2. Why does delivering a registered letter on Route 511 go bad for Henry?

3. How does the author describe Joyce?

4. Who is Gramps Wally?

5. How does Henry meet Joyce?

6. Where do Joyce and Henry get their money in her hometown?

7. What happens with Henry and the buffalo?

8. How does the woman who has the registered letter on Route 511 respond to Henry, and what does this lead to him doing in response?

9. What is the response to the 30-page report Henry files against Jonstone?

10. Why does Henry decide to go to work for the postal service?

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