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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 Willard's mistress plan to marry?
(a) A pilot
(b) A landowner
(c) A sailor
(d) A soldier

2. How does Joe-Ben vent his excited energy?
(a) Paints walls
(b) Shouts at his wife
(c) Has a beer
(d) Runs around the block

3. What does Hank drink at the Snag?
(a) Vodka
(b) Beer
(c) Wine
(d) Scotch

4. What does the fight end for Tommy?
(a) His football season
(b) His relationship with Viv
(c) His social position
(d) His baseball season

5. What does Lee receive from the nurse?
(a) Pencillin
(b) Prozac
(c) Cough syrup
(d) Steroids

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hank taunt at the Snag?

2. What does Joe-Ben plan to do at the town hall?

3. What is the name of the boy Hank has a fight with at school?

4. With whom does Willard have a secret affair?

5. Of whom is Hank getting suspicious?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 6, Part 2.

2. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 9.

3. How does Hank react to Willard's death?

4. Why does Lee refuse to get out of bed?

5. Why is Evenwrite worried about the rain?

6. Why is Jenny tossing shells onto her bed?

7. Describe Willard's phone call to Hank.

8. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 10.

9. In what way are the Canadian geese in both Hank and Lee's thoughts?

10. Summarize the novel

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