3. 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.

4. How did Ruth feel about Jack doing all of the dirty tasks around the farm?
(a) It made her proud.
(b) It disgusted her.
(c) She wished that their son would help him.
(d) She was ashamed because she couldn't help him.

5. After Will leaves, who does Jack hire?
(a) Sim.
(b) A man who remains unnamed by the author.
(c) No one.
(d) Mat.

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

7. What does everyone talk about during the group dinner?
(a) How everyone has been and what everyone is doing.
(b) Jack's memories.
(c) Hannah's marital woes.
(d) The fight between Jack and Will.

8. 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) Regret.
(c) An old girlfriend.
(d) Anxiety.

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

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

11. What role did Ben play in Jack's life?
(a) Ben was a bad influence in Jack's life.
(b) Ben taught Jack all he needed to know about farming.
(c) Ben acted as life a brother to Jack.
(d) Ben acted as a substitute father for Jack.

12. What is the reason for the support of some of the people regarding Andy's plans?
(a) His father supports his future plans.
(b) They think he is very smart.
(c) They know he has no choice.
(d) It is the way things are done in Port William.

13. What is Jack's state of mind when Mat arrives at the store?
(a) A man Mat has never seen before is speaking with Jack.
(b) Jack is lost in his thoughts.
(c) Jack is lecturing a group of men about farming.
(d) Jack is talking to his daughter in the store.

14. How does Mat describe his relationship with Jack?
(a) Jack and Mat have always been competitive with one another.
(b) Jack has always been there for Mat when he needed him.
(c) Jack has not been a good friend to Mat.
(d) Jack and Mat were inseperable for a time.

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