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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. Where does Will find work after returning from the war?
(a) Lumbering.
(b) Driving trucks for the lumber company.
(c) Mining.
(d) Building roads.

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

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

4. What does Henry think will happen when he dies?
(a) He will be reborn.
(b) He will be nothing.
(c) He will be in purgatory.
(d) He will be in heaven.

5. Why does Claire say she cannot have a relationship with Henry?
(a) He is too violent.
(b) She is too young.
(c) She is religious.
(d) He is drinking too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Henry have his interview?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry dream in the postlude?

2. What had Will done in the war?

3. What is the farm like when Will comes back from the war, and what does he do to take over?

4. Describe Henry's state, in Chapter 13, as he drives eastward.

5. Describe Solstice's death.

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

7. What does Myra ask Henry to do about her pregnancy?

8. Why does Henry return to New York?

9. Why does Henry almost not go home?

10. What is Henry's experience finding work in New York?

(see the answer keys)

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