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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine, Return and Chapter Ten, Mat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jack's wife doing after their son is born?
(a) Talking to her daughter.
(b) Pretending to sleep because Jack has come into the room.
(c) Crying.
(d) Praying.

2. What happened to Hannah Coulter's first husband?
(a) Died of typhoid fever.
(b) Left her for another woman.
(c) Died during World War II.
(d) Died during World War I.

3. As Chapter 3 begins, who does Jack think of?
(a) Mat.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Ben.
(d) Ruth.

4. What time of the week did Jack take off from working?
(a) Sunday night.
(b) Saturday morning.
(c) Sunday morning.
(d) Saturday night.

5. Who visited Jack the day after he brought the mules home?
(a) Nancy and Mat Felter.
(b) Mat Felter.
(c) Ben Felter and Mat.
(d) Ben, Nancy and Mat Felter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Jack see her during the second time that he noticed her?

2. When the novel opens, where is Jack standing?

3. At the very start of the novel, to what is Jack listening?

4. As the novel opens, what is Jack's age?

5. How does Mat describe his relationship with Jack?

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