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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scheme does T Bar having for making millions of dollars?
(a) He plans to open a diamond mine outside of New Dehli.
(b) He plans to start an exclusive resort in India for Americans to visit.
(c) He plans to market an Indian tea.
(d) He plans to use cheap Indian labor to create trout flies to sell in Wyoming.

2. How old is Linda when she marries Irwin?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

3. Who is the mastermind of operation squeeze?
(a) Elder Joon.
(b) Hugh.
(c) Peter.
(d) Kincaid.

4. What event prompts Irwin to start talking?
(a) Hugh's death.
(b) One morning he just wakes up and starts talking.
(c) A kiss from Nash.
(d) The arrival of Tasha.

5. What does Kincaid find Hugh drinking after Laura has gone to Uncle Marvin's in Book Four?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Cough Syrup.
(c) Coca Cola.
(d) Old Crow.

6. What does Peter major in at Harvard?
(a) English.
(b) Geography.
(c) Comparative religion studies.
(d) History.

7. What is the name of the church Irwin and Linda have been attending?
(a) Descent of the Dove.
(b) McKenzie River Chruch.
(c) Seattle's Seventh Day Adventist Church.
(d) They haven't been attending church.

8. Why do Irwin, Roy, and Peter name their business Wind River Woodstoves?
(a) Linda suggested the name.
(b) They pulled the name out of a hat.
(c) Wind River was Hugh's favorite fishing stream.
(d) Peter had a dreamed where he heard the name.

9. What fellow draft dodger advises Everett about a potential return to the United States?
(a) Yulia.
(b) Natasha.
(c) Stoner Steve.
(d) Nelson.

10. Whom does Peter quote during his speech at the post season baseball banquet?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) W.C. Fields.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

11. What is the name of the play that Everett pens?
(a) Missing.
(b) Sight.
(c) Hats.
(d) Shoes.

12. Who offers the prayer at Hugh's wake?
(a) Irwin.
(b) Peter.
(c) Laura.
(d) Durham.

13. What does Everett begin to study in order to become more appealing to Tasha?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Singing.
(c) Russian literature.
(d) Political Science.

14. What does Everett name the goat he tends to in Book Five?
(a) Artie.
(b) Booger.
(c) Monster.
(d) Demon.

15. Why does Peter change from third class trains to first class compartments in his travels through India?
(a) To be able to sleep better at night.
(b) To travel with other scholars.
(c) He is given the free upgrade.
(d) To avoid the crowds and smells.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages is the letter Everett writes to Tasha and mails to her grandmother's address?

2. What type of classes does Irwin sign up for at the community college after Hugh's death?

3. Who injures Freddy's ear, which necessitates a minor surgery.

4. When Peter goes to visit Everett in Seattle on his way back to Harvard, where do they meet?

5. What does Irwin send to his mother when he believes he will not be coming home from Vietnam?

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