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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What automobile repair does Hugh make to the family vehicle in the beginning of Book Five?
(a) He installs a new carburetor.
(b) He changes a tire.
(c) He changes the oil.
(d) He changes the spark plugs.

2. What unexpected event ends Irwin's career as a track star?
(a) A shoulder injury.
(b) A hand injury.
(c) A knee injury.
(d) An eye injury.

3. How does Hugh request to be buried?
(a) He wants to be cremated.
(b) He has no preference about his burial.
(c) He wants to be buried next to his mother.
(d) He asks to be buried at sea.

4. Who recites the Lord's Prayer and several scriptures after Hugh's death?
(a) Laura.
(b) Kincaid.
(c) Irwin.
(d) Peter.

5. After whom is Nash, the baby of Irwin and Linda, named?
(a) A character from a novel.
(b) Irwin's car where he was conceived.
(c) A relative of Linda's.
(d) A famous baseball player.

6. According to Hugh in Book Five, what does W.P. stand for?
(a) Wild Pitch.
(b) War Prayer.
(c) Wishful Peace.
(d) Wandering Prayer.

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

8. Why have Irwin and Linda been unable to marry earlier in the novel?
(a) Irwin could not marry and keep his student elgibility.
(b) Linda was married to someone else.
(c) Laura forbade Irwin to marry.
(d) Linda needed parental permission.

9. What event causes Everett to spiral into depression and misery in Book Five?
(a) Laura tells Everett she has never loved him, and she never will.
(b) Everett loses his job, house, and his car breaks down.
(c) Natasha leaves him.
(d) Irwin writes that he has lost his belief in God.

10. What beverage does Hugh instruct Laura to serve the ballplayers at his wake?
(a) Beer.
(b) Water.
(c) Cream Soda.
(d) Apple cider.

11. What nickname does Everett gain during his time at college?
(a) Hippie Einstein.
(b) Megafarce.
(c) Hippie Churchill.
(d) Churchill Chance.

12. What favor does Irwin ask of his family while he is in Vietnam?
(a) He asks if Linda can move in with them.
(b) He asks that they write him weekly and visit Linda in Seattle.
(c) He asks them to pay for Linda's college.
(d) He asks them to adopt the baby he is expecting with Linda.

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

14. What does Irwin send to his mother when he believes he will not be coming home from Vietnam?
(a) His Bible.
(b) His journal.
(c) A ring for Linda.
(d) A letter for Nash to read when he is old enough.

15. What is the name of the professor whom Everett debates publicly in front of a huge seminar of students?
(a) Dr. Mehta.
(b) Professor Smith.
(c) Dr. Fields.
(d) Dr. Gurtzner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unique about Hugh's last pitch?

2. How many years in prison is Everett sentenced to for draft dodging?

3. Why do Irwin, Roy, and Peter name their business Wind River Woodstoves?

4. Who finds the verses written between Uncle Marvin and Mary Jane?

5. Who attends the opening night of Everett's play?

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