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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 does Natasha do after she receives Everett's letter in Book Six?
(a) Sends a telagram to Everett in prison.
(b) Drives back to Shyashyakook.
(c) Drives straight to Camas.
(d) Drives straight to California to Irwin's mental hospital.

2. What event causes Irwin to feel as though his heart died in Chapter 3 of Book Five?
(a) He is beaten up by his fellow soldiers.
(b) He loses his Bible.
(c) He kills someone in the course of the war.
(d) He witnesses a Vietnamese woman being tortured.

3. Where do they first find cancer in Hugh?
(a) His liver.
(b) His left lung.
(c) His lymphatic system.
(d) His prostate.

4. 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) Natasha leaves him.
(c) Everett loses his job, house, and his car breaks down.
(d) Irwin writes that he has lost his belief in God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which family friend joins Irwin and Peter first in the woodstoves venture?

2. What nickname does Everett gain during his time at college?

3. Who recites the Lord's Prayer and several scriptures after Hugh's death?

4. Where do Irwin and Linda get married?

5. What job does Irwin get when he first begins college?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why is Everett so suited to activism?

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

4. What piece of pitching advice does Freddy recite at Hugh's wake?

5. What does Everett witness that causes his epiphany and prompts him to pack up everything and return to his family in Camas?

6. How is Peter afraid of hurting his father in regard to baseball in Book Four?

7. When Irwin is released from the hospital in Book Six, what is his condition?

8. What effect does Everett's glasses have upon his baseball game?

9. What reason does Natasha give to Everett for not wanting to sleep after their coffee date in Book Four?

10. What is the one positive thing that Irwin writes to Bet about during his first week in Vietnam?

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