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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, Ben.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What occurs at the end of Jack memory at the beginning of the book?
(a) He is brought back to the present with disappointment.
(b) He realizes that he is happy the past is behind him.
(c) He starts to cry.
(d) A friend he hasn't seen in 30 years arrives at his house.

3. Where is the Berlew's new house?
(a) Clevland.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Port Williams.
(d) Kentucky.

4. How did Jack's family feel about the Civil War?
(a) They believed strongly in the institution of slavery.
(b) They had little stake in keeping slavery around, but fought to defend the South from the North.
(c) They wanted the South to win because they needed slaves to work their land.
(d) They were vehemently opposed to slavery.

5. What does Jack remember about what occurred on the day after the mules arrived?
(a) Jack and Ben went for a ride into town.
(b) One of the mules died.
(c) Ben and Mat got in a fight.
(d) Jack, Ben, and Mat went for a ride in the countryside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical gesture does Mat make toward Jack once in the store?

2. About how many years ago did the events of the memory occur?

3. When did Jack buy his team of mules?

4. When did Jack's father die?

5. After Mat extends his invitation to Jack, what does Jack do?

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