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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 the reason for Mat's feelings toward Lightning Berlew?
(a) He is not hard working.
(b) Mat likes Lightning but not Lightning's wife because she is a crook.
(c) They have been through very difficult times together.
(d) Lightning is the smartest man Mat knows.

2. After Will leaves, who does Jack hire?
(a) A man who remains unnamed by the author.
(b) Sim.
(c) Mat.
(d) No one.

3. Which of the following statements best describes the mules?
(a) The mules were given to him by his father.
(b) He got the mules inexchange for land.
(c) They were an expensive present to himself.
(d) The mules were very inexpensive, and he was taking them off of a friend's hands.

4. How does Jack feel about television?
(a) He loves it.
(b) It is an annoyance.
(c) He could take it or leave it.
(d) He never turns it off.

5. Who comes to pay their respects as Jack lies in the coffin?
(a) Just friends from town.
(b) Clara and Margaret.
(c) Glad, Clara, and people from town.
(d) Only Glad and Clara.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dinner, what do most of the men and women do?

2. What makes some people skeptical about Andy's future plans?

3. What are Mat's feelings concerning Lightning Berlew?

4. What is Lightning Berlew's wife's name?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 9, where does Jack go?

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