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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Will leaves?
(a) Will goes to work for a man who will really respect him.
(b) The Farrier Place falls into disuse, and Jack has to sell it.
(c) The Farrier Place thrives and repeatedly turns over a profit.
(d) Jack determines to be a better man.

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

3. When his memory at the beginning of the book is over, where does Jack go?
(a) Ben Felter's store.
(b) Inside his house.
(c) Nancy's house.
(d) Jasper Lathrope's store.

4. What type of transportation does Hannah use?
(a) Walking.
(b) Car.
(c) Horse.
(d) Truck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the novel opens, what is Jack's age?

2. How did Jack feel about the mules?

3. When Mat goes to Lightning's house, what does he tell Lightning to do?

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

5. Why did Jack get frustrated with Will?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jack feel about his memories?

2. What memory does Jack have about a day in church when he noticed someone new?

3. What is Jack's relationship with Ben?

4. What was Jack like when he was younger?

5. What happened to Jack's horses and wagon during the storm that occured while he was in town trying to buy flour?

6. As the book opens, what does Jack remember about mules as he stands on the porch listening to Mat call the cows?

7. What was Jack's relationship with Ben Feltner?

8. What was the relationship like between Jack and Will Wells?

9. How does Mat feel about Lightning and Smoothbore Berlew?

10. What was Jack's relationship with his father like?

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