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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 do Henry and Myra do when he gets to New York?

2. Where does Will find Joe?

3. What does Henry think will happen when he dies?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Henry's interview with Gibbs Pratt.

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

3. What does Henry lose on his way home?

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

5. Describe Joe's funeral.

6. How does Claire die?

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

8. Why does Henry almost not go home?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Abbey feel about death? Henry Lightcap approaches it with bravado and panache, but what are Abbey's feelings about it, as the author?

Essay Topic 2

Henry Lightcap is a Hedonist of the first order--how does Abbey feel about sensual pleasures, and is there a contradiction in *reading* about pleasures of the flesh?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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