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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Myra's response to Henry's new job?
(a) Fury.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Delight.

2. Where does Henry get a job?
(a) The nuclear plant.
(b) The Department of Education.
(c) The gas station.
(d) The highway department.

3. Where does Henry call to take time off from work?
(a) The saloon.
(b) The post office.
(c) The bank.
(d) The welfare office.

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

5. What is Blacklick?
(a) A local restaurant.
(b) A nearby town.
(c) A rival team.
(d) A hunting ground.

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

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

8. How do Henry and his brother lose their pay?
(a) Their father took it.
(b) They misplaced it.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) It was stolen.

9. What illness did Jenny's adopted daughter have as an infant?
(a) Fetal alcohol syndrome.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Muscular dystrophy.
(d) Lyme disease.

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

11. How does Henry recall he hurt Elaine's feelings?
(a) By insulting her cooking.
(b) By insulting her intelligence.
(c) By criticizing her figure.
(d) By embarrassing her in front of her parents

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

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

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

15. Where does Henry decide to travel to with his dog?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Henry the summer when he was 15?

2. What did Henry's father give him when he began hitchhiking?

3. How did the game Henry and Will and their friends played against their rivals end?

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

5. How does Henry see the landscape when he arrives in Albuquerque?

(see the answer keys)

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