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

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

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

4. How old is Mat Felter as he watches Jack staring wistfully on his porch?
(a) 40.
(b) 25.
(c) 69.
(d) 51.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Ruth's character like?

3. What is Jack's state of mind when Mat arrives at the store?

4. What is the best description of Jack's relationship with Will Wells?

5. What was the name of the place adjacent Jack's farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Hannah Coultner and what is her relationship to the Feltner family?

3. What is Jack's relationship with Ben?

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

5. How would Jack feel after his nights off?

6. What are the two different views of Andy's upcoming departure for college?

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

8. How would you best describe Jack's marriage?

9. When Mat finds Jack at Jasper Lathrope's store, what is the extent of the conversation Mat has with Jack?

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

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