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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 Jack sense as most of the people leave the dinner?
(a) The dread in the air.
(b) It is going to rain.
(c) His daughter is going to give him a lecture.
(d) That he is going to die soon.

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

3. What ended up drawing Ruth and Jack closer to one another?
(a) The minister at the church helped them to talk through their problems.
(b) He started drawing up new plans to expand the farm.
(c) Mat helped them to talk with one another about their problems.
(d) They had another baby.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone talk about during the group dinner?

2. What does Mat find when he returns home from the Berlew's house?

3. What is significant about Jasper Lathrope's store?

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

5. Why was Ruth disappointed with Jack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jack like when he was younger?

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

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

4. What does Jack remember about being twenty-eight years old and being in charge of his family farm?

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

6. Why did Jack confront McGrother?

7. What happens when Jack is brought out of his memories and into the present?

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

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

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

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