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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 Andy gets ready to leave, what does Margaret Feltner say to him?
(a) Study hard.
(b) She tells him to forget everthing he has learned in Port William and to start over.
(c) She tells him not to forget what he has learned in Port William.
(d) Find a good wife.

2. How did Ruth feel about the mortgage being paid off?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) She didn't know that he paid it off.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

3. What is the reason for the town's attitude toward Rose as Jack encounters her the second time?
(a) She has been wronged for so long.
(b) She has done such good for the town.
(c) She is strange.
(d) She has been so mean and ran her husband into the arms of another woman.

4. How does Jack feel about television?
(a) It is an annoyance.
(b) He could take it or leave it.
(c) He never turns it off.
(d) He loves it.

5. As Jack encounters Rose the second time, what is the town's attitude towards her?
(a) The townspeople think she got what was coming to her.
(b) She is respected by everyone who comes into contact with her.
(c) The townspeople feel very sorry for her.
(d) She is still the butt of jokes by the people in town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rose die?

2. When Ruth learned about Jack's new relationship with Rose, what was her reaction?

3. How do the people who gather remember Jack?

4. Where was Rose's husband when Jack saw Rose after the time had elapsed following their first meeting?

5. After Mat determines that Jack is dead, where does he go?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Jack first meet Rose McInnis?

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

4. What happened to Ben not long after Jack paid him the money Jack borrowed from him?

5. What happened after Jack found Ruth struggling to breathe?

6. What significant event occurred in Jack's life after Rose's death?

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

8. What was Ruth's reaction when she discovered her husband's infidelities?

9. How does Mat feel about Jack's death?

10. What happens in Chapter Nine when Jack goes back to his room?

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