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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, Ruth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lightning Berlew's wife's name?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Smoothbore.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Ruth.

2. What was Ruth's character like?
(a) Pessimistic and despondent.
(b) Dishonest.
(c) Conservative and proper.
(d) Immoral.

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

4. Which phrase best describes the beginning of Jack's marriage to his wife?
(a) Match made in heaven.
(b) Founded on love.
(c) Founded on respect.
(d) Flawed from the start.

5. What role did Nancy play in Jack's life?
(a) She guided him in running the farm.
(b) She reminded him all of the things he did wrong with his life.
(c) She acted as a substitute mother to him.
(d) She was his tutor since he couldn't attend school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Jack sees Mat in the store?

2. What occurs at the end of Jack memory at the beginning of the book?

3. When did Jack's father die?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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