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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Henry plan to do, after entertaining his memories?
(a) Call Elaine.
(b) Go to his brother's.
(c) Visit his parents.
(d) Call Melanie.

2. When did Henry begin hitchhiking?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1971.

3. What is Henry's dog's name?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Solstice.
(d) Vern.

4. Who was Joe?
(a) Henry's father.
(b) A Shawnee medicine man.
(c) Henry's cousin.
(d) Henry's friend.

5. Who was Milly Cornflower Lightcap?
(a) A medicine woman.
(b) Henry's grandmother.
(c) Henry's sister.
(d) Henry's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe feel about Will joining the military?

2. What does Henry roast for his housewarming party?

3. Who is Myra?

4. What does Henry's committee say about his thesis?

5. How do Henry and his brother lose their pay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Henry get across the country without much money?

2. When and why does Henry begin hitchhiking?

3. Describe Henry's house in El Culito.

4. What is Henry's relationship with the landscape?

5. Describe Henry's dinner with Van Hoss.

6. Why does Joe spank Henry?

7. How does Henry fall in love with the West?

8. What does Henry think about cooking, and Elaine's cooking in particular?

9. What do Henry's parents say about him?

10. Why doesn't Henry qualify as a marksman?

(see the answer keys)

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