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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Jack get frustrated with Will?
(a) Will got a wagon stuck in the rain.
(b) Will was black.
(c) Will was irresponsible.
(d) Will was lazy.

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

3. After dinner, what do most of the men and women do?
(a) Go back to the fields to continue working.
(b) Go into town to a dance.
(c) Drink whiskey.
(d) Go home and go to sleep.

4. After Mat extends his invitation to Jack, what does Jack do?
(a) Returns to his conversation with the men.
(b) Leaves the store.
(c) Returns to his memories about his wife, Nancy.
(d) Returns to his memories about his wife, Ruth.

5. How is the meal prepared at the destination of Hannah and her children?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Over fire.
(d) Carelessly.

6. What makes some people skeptical about Andy's future plans?
(a) They don't think he should abandon his parents.
(b) They think college is a waste of time.
(c) They think that going to the city will make him lose his common sense.
(d) They think that he has a responsibility to stay and tend to the land.

7. What does Jack do after the dinner in Chapter 5?
(a) He helps do the dishes.
(b) He walks home.
(c) He is taken home.
(d) He falls asleep at the table.

8. What does Ruth tell Jack after their daughter is born?
(a) She is leaving him.
(b) She doesn't want any more children.
(c) She wishes their daughter would have been stillborn as well.
(d) She will stay married to him, but she wants to go live with her sister.

9. Why does Hannah Coulter consider her family's life a work in progress?
(a) She keeps having babies.
(b) They don't have enough workers to help them keep up with the farm.
(c) Their plans come to fruition as time and money allow.
(d) They keep having setbacks.

10. As the novel opens, what is Jack's age?
(a) In his 90s.
(b) In his 40s.
(c) In his 30s.
(d) In his 20s.

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

12. As Jack walks along after leaving the store, he recalls being a man of what age?
(a) 5.
(b) 18.
(c) 22.
(d) 28.

13. What does Mat find when he returns home from the Berlew's house?
(a) Jack is no longer on the porch.
(b) Margaret is on the porch with Jack.
(c) Nancy is on the porch with Jack.
(d) Jack is still on the porch.

14. What physical gesture does Mat make toward Jack once in the store?
(a) Mat puts his hand on Jack's head.
(b) Mat hugs Jack.
(c) Mat puts his hand on Jack's shoulder.
(d) Mat shakes Jack's hand.

15. What does Mat's wife, Margaret, suggest to Mat regarding Jack?
(a) Jack should move in with his daughter.
(b) Jack should move in with them.
(c) His daughter should move in with Jack.
(d) Mat and Margaret should move in with Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ruth's character like?

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

3. What is the name of the man who was renting the land adjacent Jack's farm?

4. When Hannah transports her children, who greets them at their destination?

5. Where is the Berlew's new house?

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