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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 reason does Natasha give for leaving Everett?
(a) She fell in love with someone else.
(b) She was pregnant and afraid.
(c) She thought Everett was no longer in love with her.
(d) She had a dream that prompted her to return to check on her mom.

2. What is the name of the town where Everett settles?
(a) Ferney.
(b) Shyashyakook.
(c) Prakatitch.
(d) Vancouver.

3. Who comes up with the plan to stand vigil outside the hospital until Irwin is released?
(a) Kincaid.
(b) Elder Joon.
(c) Elder Beal.
(d) Laura.

4. Who sends Peter all of his belongings from India?
(a) Grayson.
(b) Dessinger.
(c) T Bar.
(d) Natu.

5. What job does Irwin get when he first begins college?
(a) Campus groundskeeper.
(b) Waiter.
(c) Football water boy.
(d) Grocery shelves stocker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have Irwin and Linda been unable to marry earlier in the novel?

2. What event causes Irwin to feel as though his heart died in Chapter 3 of Book Five?

3. What favor does Irwin ask of his family while he is in Vietnam?

4. Who helps Hugh answer all of his mail as his secretary?

5. After whom is Nash, the baby of Irwin and Linda, named?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Winnifred, or Freddy, to become upset at Sunday School with Mrs. Babcock and to begin quoting Muhammad?

2. How does Everett's 211 page letter eventually reach Natasha?

3. What reason does Peter give Laura for taking a job at the mill in Chapter 5?

4. What does Kincaid dream about on their journey home in Book Six that startles and scares him?

5. How is Everett's attitude in regards to his imprisonment?

6. What position does Ty Daniels and the rest of the Portland Tug team take towards Hugh when he throws his last wild pitch and leaves the team?

7. When Everett receives Natasha's letter proclaiming her love, how does he respond?

8. Why does Peter refuse to buy back his manuscripts in Book Five?

9. Why does Irwin quit the baseball team?

10. How does Natasha respond to Everett's public debate with Dr. Gurtzner?

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