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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry think might break down before the truck does?
(a) Solstice.
(b) Himself.
(c) The road.
(d) Civilization.

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

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

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

5. What does Henry take while driving through Kansas?
(a) A pain pill.
(b) A shot of morphine.
(c) A strong drink.
(d) A hit from a joint.

6. What do Henry and Will discuss when they walk along the fence, in Chapter 22?
(a) Will's financial prospects.
(b) Will's resistance to modernization.
(c) Will's back taxes.
(d) Will's store's career.

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

8. What accident does Henry cause on his way out of the interview?
(a) He drives into a house.
(b) He hits a cow.
(c) He drives into a ditch.
(d) He crashes through a retaining wall.

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

10. What does the preacher talk about at Joe's funeral?
(a) Joe's lack of faith.
(b) Joe's good character.
(c) Joe's infidelities.
(d) Joe's debts.

11. How old is Claire when she meets Henry?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

12. Where does Henry have his interview?
(a) Gibbs Pratt's home.
(b) The Welfare Department.
(c) Okie Joe's.
(d) The highway department's offices.

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

14. What does Henry's interviewer say about the accident?
(a) That this happens all the time.
(b) That he'll take the damages out of Henry's pay.
(c) Henry's story was logical enough.
(d) Henry lost the job already.

15. What does Grace tell Henry she thinks of him when she calls him?
(a) That he is a good man.
(b) That he is dangerous.
(c) That he is a victim.
(d) That he did his best.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is Henry let go from his job?

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

3. As a former ranger, what does Henry speak to groups about?

4. What does Grace think of Henry?

5. Where does Claire go when she leaves Denver?

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