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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 soldier
(c) A sailor
(d) A landowner

2. Which of the following does Willard own?
(a) The local farm
(b) Stamper's Place
(c) The Snag
(d) The laundromat

3. Where does Stokes watch the funeral?
(a) The Snag
(b) In the town hall
(c) From his balcony
(d) On top of the hill

4. Where does Lee plan to head?
(a) North
(b) East
(c) West
(d) South

5. What is the weather like on the night Hank and Newton fight?
(a) Sunny
(b) Heavy rain
(c) Snow
(d) Hail

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lee and Hank both comment on in their narratives?

2. Who does Hank visit in the hospital?

3. Why does Lee exaggerate the extent of his illness?

4. What does Jenny toss onto her bed?

5. What is Hank making it impossible for people in the town to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Evenwrite worried about the rain?

2. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 8.

3. Summarize the novel

4. Describe the prologue that opens Chapter 9.

5. Why does Henry need to show Hank how to cut trees the old fashioned way?

6. What is Willard Eggleston's situation?

7. What does Joe-Ben think about as he positions himself to eavesdrop on the town meeting?

8. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 7.

9. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 11.

10. Summarize the prologue that opens Chapter 10.

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