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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Myra ask Henry to do for her?
(a) Help her find the father.
(b) Give her money.
(c) Act as the father to the baby she's pregnant with.
(d) Help her get an abortion.

2. What draws Will's attention to Joe?
(a) A woodpecker.
(b) A crow.
(c) A sapsucker.
(d) A mourning dove.

3. Where does Henry stop, at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Canyon.
(b) Hannibal.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Amarillo.

4. What does Grace think of Henry?
(a) He is misdirected.
(b) He is a good catch for Claire.
(c) He is a genius.
(d) He is a loafer.

5. How long does Henry work as a forest ranger?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two summers.
(d) Ten years.

6. What does Henry plan to do when he meets Claire?
(a) Abduct her.
(b) Take her for a picnic.
(c) Take her to the theatre.
(d) Take her for a drive.

7. What does Henry say he is bringing to Will?
(a) His savings.
(b) His secret.
(c) His will.
(d) His last manuscript.

8. Where is Henry's pain in the present?
(a) His stomach.
(b) His back.
(c) His head.
(d) His legs.

9. What does Will's house have?
(a) Indoor plumbing.
(b) Baseboard heating.
(c) A phone.
(d) Electricity.

10. Who helps Will dig Joe's grave?
(a) Bill Gatlin.
(b) Van Hoss.
(c) Henry.
(d) Old Dan.

11. Who tells Henry where Claire is after she leaves Denver
(a) Myra.
(b) Grace.
(c) Claire.
(d) Claire's landlord.

12. What augury does Henry find in the hotel, in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Something about cats and water.
(b) Something about the river and time.
(c) Something about death and transformation.
(d) Something about help from the hills.

13. Where does Henry find work after New York?
(a) A park.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Albuquerque.
(d) Montana.

14. When does Chapter 22 take place?
(a) After Lorraine's death.
(b) After Joe's death.
(c) After Claire's death.
(d) After Myra's death.

15. Who does Henry think about when he arrives in St. Louis?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Lewis and Clark.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) General Custer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Henry determined to work for?

2. What does Henry take while driving through Kansas?

3. What does Will say when Henry asks him why he threw the thing into Joe's grave?

4. What does Henry ask Claire to do after the concert?

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

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