2. What is the best description of Jack's relationship with Will Wells?
(a) Will liked Jack, but Jack did not like Will.
(b) They hated one another.
(c) They had an instinctual knowledge of what one another was doing.
(d) They spoke a lot about their personal lives to one another.

3. What was the climax of the frustration with Will?
(a) Jack shooting Will.
(b) A physical fight with Will punching Jack.
(c) Ruth breaking up the fight between Will and Jack.
(d) Mat breaking up the fight between Will and Jack.

4. What happens when Jack sees Mat in the store?
(a) Jack stops his conversation and gets up and hugs Mat.
(b) Jack introduces Mat to the man he is talking to.
(c) Jack joins in the conversation about farming.
(d) Jack does not immediately acknowledge that Mat has arrived.

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(a) Withdrawn and uncommunicative.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

6. What invitation does Mat extend to Jack once in the store?
(a) Eat dinner with his family.
(b) Move in with he and Margaret.
(c) Become his partner in business.
(d) Buy a piece of his land to add to the farm.

7. What is a horse breaker?
(a) A person who trains a horse and makes it fit for whatever kind of work it is supposed to do.
(b) A veterinary specialist who kills horses that are dying.
(c) Someone who teaches people to saddle horses.
(d) A rancher who can separate a large group of wild horses.

8. After his time off from working, how would Jack feel?
(a) Anxious and regretful.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Rested and relaxed.

9. Who is Nancy?
(a) Jack's sister.
(b) Jack's wife.
(c) Jack's cousin.
(d) Jack's friend.

10. How did Jack feel about the mules?
(a) He felt like they were a burden.
(b) He was proud of them.
(c) He was ashamed of them.
(d) He didn't really need them.

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

12. After Jack returned home following his overhearing McGrother laughing about him, what does he find?
(a) His barn on fire.
(b) His animals loose.
(c) Mat waiting to talk some sense into him.
(d) McGrother waiting to apologize.

13. What did Jack do during his time off?
(a) Go to a dance or social gathering.
(b) Read.
(c) Listen to the radio.
(d) Exercise.

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

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