View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ray learn how to dig when he undergoes his training as a fire spotter?
(a) Firebreaks
(b) Graves
(c) Around bushes
(d) Holes

2. What helps to clear away the fog during the day?
(a) Wind
(b) Rain
(c) Heat
(d) Nothing

3. In what month does Ray finally leave for his summer job?
(a) July
(b) April
(c) May
(d) June

4. Who does Ray find to be cynical and even jaded as they continue to talk?
(a) Warren
(b) Sean
(c) Alvah
(d) Japhy

5. Where do Japhy and one of the owners of the house work during the day?
(a) Mountain lodge
(b) Factory
(c) Construction site
(d) Mining field

6. Who notices Ray's peculiar habit of spending long periods alone in the woods?
(a) Warren
(b) The priest
(c) The children
(d) Retired locals

7. Who accuses Ray of drinking too much?
(a) Alvah
(b) Christine
(c) Japhy
(d) Princess

8. Where does Ray hitchhike to after leaving his mother's house?
(a) Louisiana
(b) Texas
(c) Georgia
(d) New Mexico

9. Who is the character that remains calm throughout the arguments referred to in #130?
(a) Japhy
(b) Ray
(c) Alvah
(d) Sean

10. Who offers snide comments about other writers and poets?
(a) Japhy
(b) Ray
(c) Rheinhold
(d) Coughlin

11. The local man says they spend all their time trying to appear __________.
(a) Busy
(b) Worried
(c) Pious
(d) Strong

12. What does Ray tell those that ask him about his peculiar habits?
(a) He says nothing.
(b) He tells them he is communing with nature.
(c) He likes to sleep and be alone.
(d) It's none of their business.

13. Ray realizes nobody is around to ___________ him.
(a) Criticize
(b) Teach
(c) Understand
(d) Help

14. Who wants to introduce Ray to the lecture and discussion circuit?
(a) Morley
(b) Alvah
(c) Sean
(d) Japhy

15. How far does Ray hitchhike on his way to his summer job?
(a) Redding
(b) Dover
(c) Portland
(d) Ridgeland

Short Answer Questions

1. How many couples are at the party at Sean and Christine's house?

2. Who is NOT one of the people who comes to visit after the wild party at Sean and Christine's?

3. Why don't the men do the thing that is the answer to #94? What are they afraid of being seen as?

4. What is the profession of the person who comments that El Paso gets 360 days of sunshine a year?

5. Japhy and Ray talk about how the _________ will meet the West.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 356 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample