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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 Myra ask Henry to do for her?
(a) Give her money.
(b) Help her find the father.
(c) Help her get an abortion.
(d) Act as the father to the baby she's pregnant with.

2. Why does Henry keep walking when he sees his family, in Chapter 26?
(a) He doesn't feel well enough to join them.
(b) He doesn't want to bring them his troubles.
(c) His brother chases him away.
(d) He is too ashamed of himself to join them.

3. What does Henry find work doing, at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Logging.
(b) Highway department foreman.
(c) Park ranger.
(d) Writing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Henry determined to work for?

2. Who is the father of Myra's baby?

3. What does Henry plan to do when he meets Claire?

4. What does Henry ask Claire to do after the concert?

5. Where does Henry stop, at the beginning of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gets Henry out of New York?

2. What does Henry remember of his father at the funeral?

3. What is the importance of Dodge City for Henry?

4. What does Henry dream in the postlude?

5. Describe Henry's interview with Gibbs Pratt.

6. What does Henry lose on his way home?

7. What is Grace's opinion of Henry's relationship with Claire?

8. Describe Henry's visit to Denver to see Claire.

9. What had Will done in the war?

10. Describe Solstice's death.

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