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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reminds Jack about buying mules many years ago?
(a) Seeing an old photograph.
(b) Hearing mules bray.
(c) Hearing wagons move in the distance.
(d) Mat reminds him of the mules.

2. What were Jack's thoughts about Ben the first time that he met him?
(a) He didn't like him for the first few hours, but then eventually warmed up to him.
(b) He felt safe and comfortable with Ben.
(c) He wanted some time to get to know him.
(d) He knew immediately that he would never like Ben.

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

4. At the very start of the novel, to what is Jack listening?
(a) His daughter cooking.
(b) Mat calling to his cows.
(c) Mat yelling at his son.
(d) His wife singning.

5. When the novel opens, where is Jack standing?
(a) On his porch.
(b) Next to his house.
(c) In his living room.
(d) In his bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Nancy?

2. What does Mat's wife, Margaret, suggest to Mat regarding Jack?

3. In Jack's memory of the mules, how old is Mat?

4. Who visited Jack the day after he brought the mules home?

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

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