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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Henry find work in New York at first?
(a) As a painter.
(b) As a stagehand.
(c) As a cabbie.
(d) As a technical writer.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Claire tell Henry she thinks about him?
(a) He isn't really coming.
(b) He isn't serious.
(c) He is too good for her.
(d) He is going to be too passionate.

8. What does Claire play at the event she invites Henry to?
(a) Clarinet.
(b) The savant.
(c) Violin.
(d) The fool.

9. How long had it been since Henry and Myra have been together when Henry arrives in New York?
(a) Three months.
(b) A year.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

10. What does Joe die of?
(a) Internal bleeding.
(b) Dehydration.
(c) Organ failure.
(d) Gangrene.

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

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

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

14. What does Henry tell Myra in answer to her request?
(a) He may not be able to help.
(b) He refuses to help.
(c) He will find the father.
(d) He can help.

15. Who is the father of Myra's baby?
(a) A writer.
(b) A painter.
(c) A married man.
(d) An Indian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe ask Will for when Will finds him?

2. When is Henry let go from his job?

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

4. Where does Henry have his interview?

5. What does Henry almost say to James Killoran when Killoran confronts him?

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