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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. What does Will say when Henry asks him why he threw the thing into Joe's grave?

2. Why does Henry keep walking when he sees his family, in Chapter 26?

3. Where does Will find Joe?

4. Where is Henry's pain in the present?

5. What does Henry almost say to James Killoran when Killoran confronts him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry's trip to Denver to see Claire before she leaves for college.

2. What does Henry think about finding the job of forest ranger?

3. How does Claire die?

4. Describe Solstice's death.

5. Describe Henry's interview with Gibbs Pratt.

6. What had Will done in the war?

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

8. What augury does Henry find on his trip?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What rules does Henry Lightcap follow? How does he resolve any contradictions in his rules (i.e. rebel against authority, but keep your job, or drink but keep sharp for recording your life)?

Essay Topic 2

What is Henry's relationship with his family? In what ways is he a misfit? In what ways is he one of them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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