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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Death of the Old Man through Chapter 19, Kansas to Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry find work in New York at first?
(a) As a stagehand.
(b) As a painter.
(c) As a technical writer.
(d) As a cabbie.

2. What does Will say when Henry asks him why he threw the thing into Joe's grave?
(a) He wanted Joe to have it.
(b) He saved all the working parts from the thing.
(c) He knew that Joe wouldn't want anyone else to have it.
(d) He didn't want to see the thing around.

3. What does the preacher talk about at Joe's funeral?
(a) Joe's lack of faith.
(b) Joe's good character.
(c) Joe's debts.
(d) Joe's infidelities.

4. For how long do Joe and Will hardly speak?
(a) Weeks.
(b) A few days.
(c) Months.
(d) Years.

5. What does Henry remember loving in high school?
(a) His teachers.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Football.
(d) Watching girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry do when he wakes up after Elaine leaves him?

2. What does Henry lament in Santa Fe?

3. What was Henry swerving to avoid when he causes the accident?

4. Where does Henry remember, in the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. What does Henry find in a ditch when he stops to go to the bathroom, at the end of Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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