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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one condition to Red being able to play?
(a) His brother has to play, too.
(b) He has to have all his teammates with him.
(c) He has to have his favorite glove.
(d) He has to have his lucky cleats.

2. How much does Don Williams give Henry?
(a) $50.
(b) $250.
(c) $300.
(d) $150.

3. How does Henry respond when he was called back to work from a smoke break?
(a) He goes back resentfully.
(b) He goes back guiltily as soon as he is called.
(c) He doesn't always go back.
(d) He goes back at his leisure.

4. What does Henry think about when he stops to go to the bathroom, in Chapter 5?
(a) The inhumanity of man.
(b) The grace of God.
(c) His need for sex.
(d) The beauty of the landscape.

5. Where is Myra when Henry wakes up after the party?
(a) She is asleep in the other room.
(b) She left with her friend.
(c) She is still drinking.
(d) She has moved out.

6. Why can't Don Williams drink any more?
(a) He took a vow.
(b) Deadly allergy.
(c) Court orders.
(d) Irritable colon.

7. What does Joe feel about Will joining the military?
(a) He is solemn but he approves.
(b) He is secretly proud.
(c) He is outraged.
(d) He is beaming with joy.

8. What does Henry do when he wakes up, in Chapter 3, after remembering his birth and family?
(a) Walks his dog.
(b) Packs his truck.
(c) Calls Elaine.
(d) Calls his brother.

9. What does Henry's mother see in Henry's personality?
(a) Tenacity.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Weakness.
(d) Sentimentality.

10. What does Henry remember, in Chapter 2?
(a) His first memory of falling in snow.
(b) Being in the womb.
(c) His mother giving birth to him.
(d) His parents conceiving him.

11. What illness does Henry's dog have?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Valley fever.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Lyme disease.

12. Who does Henry think of as he nears Albuquerque?
(a) Joe.
(b) Will.
(c) Van Hoss.
(d) Don Williams.

13. What is set on fire during the housewarming party?
(a) Myra's art.
(b) The house.
(c) The outhouse.
(d) Henry's car.

14. Who is Myra?
(a) Henry's mistress at the time.
(b) Henry's first wife.
(c) Henry's sister.
(d) Henry's mother.

15. What does Henry do when he wakes up after Elaine leaves him?
(a) Call Melanie.
(b) Call Elaine.
(c) Play the piano.
(d) Call his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Elaine?

2. What does Henry lament in Santa Fe?

3. Who is Don Williams?

4. Why did Will join the military?

5. What illness did Jenny's adopted daughter have as an infant?

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