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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, Will Wells.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack remember himself as a young man?
(a) Withdrawn and uncommunicative.
(b) Arrogant and obnoxious.
(c) No self-esteen.
(d) Confident, in control of his life, and the world is his for the taking.

2. What are Mat's feelings concerning Lightning Berlew?
(a) Mat doesn't like Lightning Berlew.
(b) Lightning Berlew is the only friend Mat has ever had.
(c) Lightning Berlew is one of Mat's best friends.
(d) Mat considers Lightning Berlew a good business man but not a friend.

3. As Jack reflects following his time at the store, what does he think will haunt him for the rest of his life?
(a) A bad heart.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) An old girlfriend.
(d) Regret.

4. When did Jack buy his team of mules?
(a) Just after he got married.
(b) Only five years ago.
(c) Long before he every had the family home.
(d) Shortly after he took possession of his family's home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mat describe his relationship with Jack?

2. What did Jack do to escape his domestic misery?

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

4. Why did Jack get frustrated with Will?

5. When his memory at the beginning of the book is over, where does Jack go?

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