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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) Washington, D.C.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Connecticut.

2. How does Henry feel about the job Bat Lanahan found for him?
(a) Pleasant enough.
(b) Cushy.
(c) Intriguing.
(d) Intolerable.

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

4. 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 refused.
(d) He is retained.

5. What draws Will's attention to Joe?
(a) A sapsucker.
(b) A woodpecker.
(c) A crow.
(d) A mourning dove.

6. How does Henry arrive into Illinois?
(a) On a ferry.
(b) By train.
(c) In an ambulance.
(d) In his truck.

7. Where does Bat Lanahan find Henry a job?
(a) The Department of Public Works.
(b) The Highway Department.
(c) The Welfare Department.
(d) The Education Department.

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

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

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

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

12. Who is Grace?
(a) Claire's friend.
(b) Claire's mother.
(c) Henry's mistress.
(d) Claire's understudy.

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

14. What does Henry say he is bringing to Will?
(a) His will.
(b) His secret.
(c) His savings.
(d) His last manuscript.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Will given up farming for?

2. What does Henry do after Claire does not show up?

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

4. When does Chapter 22 take place?

5. What augury does Henry find in the hotel, in the beginning of Chapter 13?

(see the answer keys)

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