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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, Through the Valley.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ended up drawing Ruth and Jack closer to one another?
(a) Mat helped them to talk with one another about their problems.
(b) They had another baby.
(c) He started drawing up new plans to expand the farm.
(d) The minister at the church helped them to talk through their problems.

2. How did Jack feel on the day he paid off the mortgage to the bank?
(a) Like a man freed from a prison sentence.
(b) Sad because there was nothing to work for anymore.
(c) Angry that he had to work his whole life to pay off the mortgage.
(d) No different than before the mortgage was paid off.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did Ben play in Jack's life?

2. What is easy for Jack to remember?

3. What does everyone talk about during the group dinner?

4. As Chapter 3 begins, who does Jack think of?

5. How did Ruth feel about Jack doing all of the dirty tasks around the farm?

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