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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Milly Cornflower Lightcap?
(a) Henry's mother.
(b) Henry's grandmother.
(c) Henry's sister.
(d) A medicine woman.

2. What is Joe's reaction when Henry is drafted?
(a) Proud.
(b) Furious.
(c) Delighted.
(d) Indifferent.

3. Who was Joe?
(a) Henry's friend.
(b) Henry's cousin.
(c) Henry's father.
(d) A Shawnee medicine man.

4. Who is the first guest at Henry's housewarming party?
(a) Roggoway.
(b) Van Hoss.
(c) Myra.
(d) Elaine.

5. When did Henry begin hitchhiking?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1963.

6. What does Henry do in his irritation?
(a) Shoots the television.
(b) Shoots his neighbor's window.
(c) Shoots the refrigerator.
(d) Shoots the window.

7. What does Henry lament in Santa Fe?
(a) The poverty.
(b) The iron mills.
(c) The loss of beauty in the land.
(d) The nuclear reactor.

8. Where is Henry's home away from home?
(a) The Dirty Shame Saloon.
(b) The Crossroads Bar.
(c) The Dew Drop Inn.
(d) The Library.

9. Why did Will join the military?
(a) Out of a need for violence.
(b) Out of a need to escape his debts.
(c) Out of duty to his football team.
(d) Out of a need for something to do.

10. Where does Henry remember, in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) South Forks.
(c) Tijuana.
(d) El Culito.

11. What problems of the Indians' do Henry and Don Williams lament together?
(a) Depression.
(b) Militarism.
(c) Overpopulation.
(d) Radicalism.

12. What does Henry find when he wakes up after the party?
(a) The house is on fire.
(b) The party is still going on.
(c) Everyone is gone.
(d) Myra.

13. What does Henry decide to do to soothe his nerves?
(a) Call his second wife.
(b) Shoot the television.
(c) Call his mistress.
(d) Bake bread.

14. Who is Van Hoss?
(a) A friend of Henry's.
(b) An old employer of Henry's.
(c) Henry's father's friend.
(d) A rival for Henry's first wife.

15. What is attached to the building where Henry and Myra arrive?
(a) A dog kennel.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) A store.
(d) A barn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe feel about Will joining the military?

2. What does Henry discover when he calls work, in Chapter 3?

3. What does Henry give his dog when he is packing his truck?

4. What does Henry think about when he stops to go to the bathroom, in Chapter 5?

5. What does Henry do after firing his shot?

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