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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's lawyer think about doing as he lingers on Jack's farm?
(a) Taking the poster of Roosevelt with him.
(b) Buying the farm himself.
(c) Giving the farm to Mat even though that wasn't Jack's wish.
(d) Taking the newpaper clipping of Roosevelt with him.

2. How does Jack remember the years following Rose's absence?
(a) They were chaotic after she left the business.
(b) The years following her death were passed in sadness and darkness.
(c) The details are fuzzy.
(d) He was relieved to be finished with the affair.

3. After Ruth's death, what did Jack worry about?
(a) Who would run the farm.
(b) Who would cook his food.
(c) How he could run the business that he had in town.
(d) How he would live alone.

4. What is the best description of Rose and Jack's interaction with one another?
(a) Jack hated her, but Rose liked him.
(b) Jack gossiped about her along with the rest of the people in the town, so they did not talk to one another.
(c) There was an unspoken attraction between the two of the them.
(d) Their interactions were strictly business like.

5. What is the best description of Glad Pettit's financial status?
(a) Quite wealthy.
(b) Poor.
(c) Getting ready to file for bankruptcy.
(d) Middle class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for the town's attitude toward Rose as Jack encounters her the second time?

2. Once Mat determines that Jack is dead, what does he do?

3. In the Epilogue, in what month do the people gather on Jack's farm?

4. What is the name of the tenant on Jack's farm?

5. What was significant about Rose McInnis's marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Wheeler gives Elton the news about the farm, what does Wheeler do?

2. What happens when Andy sees Jack right before he leaves?

3. After the dinner at Mat Feltner's house, what does Jack do?

4. What does Andy begin thinking about as his conversation with Jack comes to a lull?

5. What happens when Mat finds that Jack has not shown up for his normal routine?

6. How did Jack first meet Rose McInnis?

7. What was Jack's relationship with his daughter Clara like?

8. What does Margaret Feltner tell Andy before he leaves?

9. What kind of burial does Mat know Jack would have wanted to have?

10. After his accident on the flooded roadway, what had Jack decided to do?

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