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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long is Henry determined to work for?
(a) Three days a week.
(b) Six months a year.
(c) As little as possible.
(d) The rest of a long life.

3. What does Henry think will happen when he dies?
(a) He will be nothing.
(b) He will be in heaven.
(c) He will be in purgatory.
(d) He will be reborn.

4. Where does Myra go to when she leaves Henry?
(a) California.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) New York.

5. Where does Will find work after returning from the war?
(a) Driving trucks for the lumber company.
(b) Lumbering.
(c) Building roads.
(d) Mining.

6. What does Henry remember, at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) His work at the forest ranger's station.
(b) Myra's divorcing him.
(c) His mother's death.
(d) His father's death.

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

8. Where is Henry when he calls Claire, at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) New York.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) California.
(d) Denver.

9. Why doesn't Henry get the message that Claire can't make their meeting?
(a) He was too drunk to take her phone call.
(b) She did not leave a message for him.
(c) He did not check his mail.
(d) Headquarters did not get him the message.

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

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

12. What happens after Joe's funeral?
(a) Will moves to town.
(b) Lorraine moves to California.
(c) Henry gets the farm.
(d) Will gets the farm.

13. Why doesn'tt Henry meet Claire in Denver before she leaves for college?
(a) He cannot find her address.
(b) He hears a man with her.
(c) He never makes it to Denver.
(d) He gets drunk and passes out.

14. Where does Claire go when she leaves Denver?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) California.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) New York.

15. What does Will despise when he returns home?
(a) The roads.
(b) The strip malls.
(c) The clear-cuttings.
(d) The coal strip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Henry tries to buy oil with his card, in Chapter 23?

2. What does Claire invite Henry to?

3. What does Henry say he is bringing to Will?

4. When is Henry let go from his job?

5. What do Henry and Myra do when he gets to New York?

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