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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Henry think about when he arrives in St. Louis?

4. Where is Joe buried?

5. Where does Claire go to college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Henry lose on his way home?

4. What augury does Henry find on his trip?

5. What happens in Henry's visit to Glenwood Springs to see Claire?

6. Describe Solstice's death.

7. What does Henry dream in the postlude?

8. How does Claire die?

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

10. What happens to Henry and Claire's daughter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important is Henry's childhood on the events that followed? What aspects of it were most formative? What formative influences did he feel later in life?

Essay Topic 2

In what way is the prelude a representation of the book as a whole? What theme does it introduce, and how is that theme developed?

Essay Topic 3

Where does the novel change voices or tones, and what do these shift in voice or tone tell us about the book? How does the prelude, for instance, frame the book by being told from another person's perspective?

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