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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does Claire say she cannot have a relationship with Henry?
(a) He is too violent.
(b) She is religious.
(c) He is drinking too much.
(d) She is too young.

6. What does Henry ask Claire to do after the concert?
(a) Give him money.
(b) Move in with him.
(c) Make love with him.
(d) Marry him.

7. What do Henry and Myra do when he gets to New York?
(a) Drive to Maine.
(b) Make love.
(c) Fight.
(d) Sail to Europe.

8. What does Henry remember about working with Joe?
(a) The smell of his shirt.
(b) Not being able to see him through the crops.
(c) Being afraid of doing something wrong.
(d) The sun on his stubble.

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

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

11. Where does Will find Joe?
(a) In a bar.
(b) In a small cell.
(c) Crushed under a tree.
(d) In a ditch.

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

13. What does Joe ask Will for when Will finds him?
(a) Money.
(b) Food.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Water.

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

15. What has Will given up farming for?
(a) Selling insurance.
(b) Logging.
(c) Running a store.
(d) Working in a factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Henry's health when he arrives in St. Louis?

2. How is Solstice looking, at the beginning of Chapter 21?

3. Who helps Will dig Joe's grave?

4. How does Claire pick Henry up?

5. Where does Myra go to when she leaves Henry?

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