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

2. About how many years ago did the events of the memory occur?
(a) 64 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 5 years ago.
(d) 1 year ago.

3. At the very start of the novel, to what is Jack listening?
(a) His wife singning.
(b) Mat yelling at his son.
(c) His daughter cooking.
(d) Mat calling to his cows.

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

5. What happens right before Jack decides to leave the store?
(a) Sees an old girlfriend.
(b) Trips over the leg of the chair.
(c) Has a brief interchange with Burley Coulter.
(d) Forgets to pay for the items he bought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack do to escape his domestic misery?

2. What makes some people skeptical about Andy's future plans?

3. When did Jack buy his team of mules?

4. What is easy for Jack to remember?

5. What is the name of Hannah Coulter's first husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Ruth and Jack's marriage after their daughter is born?

3. What was Jack's family's participation in the Civil War, and how did they feel about the issues surrounding it?

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

5. How does Jack feel about his memories?

6. What is Jack's relationship with Hannah Coultner like?

7. Why did Jack confront McGrother?

8. How did Jack end up getting to know the person he noticed during church, and what was their future relationship?

9. What happened between Jack and Will that caused Will to leave?

10. What part of Jack's memory at the beginning of the novel involves Mat?

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