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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Solstice looking, at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Almost dead.
(b) Refreshed.
(c) Bad.
(d) Healthy.

2. Why does Lorraine call Will, at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Joe has not come home from lumbering.
(b) Will's son is injured.
(c) Henry is in jail.
(d) Joe is in jail.

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

4. Who is James Killoran?
(a) Henry's boss.
(b) Henry's assistant.
(c) Henry's client.
(d) Henry's drinking companion.

5. What does Will say when Henry asks him why he threw the thing into Joe's grave?
(a) He wanted Joe to have it.
(b) He knew that Joe wouldn't want anyone else to have it.
(c) He didn't want to see the thing around.
(d) He saved all the working parts from the thing.

6. What is Henry surprised to find on the land?
(a) Clear-cuts.
(b) Farms.
(c) Man-made lakes.
(d) Telephone poles.

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

8. What does Claire invite Henry to?
(a) A reading.
(b) A concert.
(c) An art opening.
(d) A dance performance.

9. Where does Henry go after the funeral?
(a) Back to the West.
(b) To New York.
(c) He stayed on the farm.
(d) To Myra.

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

11. What was Henry swerving to avoid when he causes the accident?
(a) A car.
(b) A cow.
(c) A man.
(d) A dog.

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

13. What does Henry almost say to James Killoran when Killoran confronts him?
(a) You're fired.
(b) Everything's going to be alright.
(c) Just kill yourself.
(d) I quit.

14. What happens when Henry tries to buy oil with his card, in Chapter 23?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) The clerk lets him go.
(c) He is retained.
(d) He is refused.

15. What does Henry do after Claire does not show up?
(a) Write her a furious letter.
(b) Get drunk.
(c) Kick in the door of his truck.
(d) Call Grace and curse her out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Henry's pain in the present?

2. Where does Henry find work after New York?

3. What does Henry believe he has found in this job?

4. Why doesn'tt Henry meet Claire in Denver before she leaves for college?

5. What does Henry think will happen when he dies?

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