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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. How old was Jack when Ruth suffered her heart attack?
(a) 75.
(b) 90.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

2. Why has Jack's lawyer been away from the country?
(a) He decided he liked the city better than the country.
(b) He has been working as a legal advocate.
(c) His mother was dying.
(d) He was trying to open a business in town.

3. How was Ben killed?
(a) Shot by one of his friends.
(b) Trampled by horses.
(c) He was killed during the war.
(d) Stabbed by a stranger.

4. What is Andy's girlfriend enamored by?
(a) Andy's superior education.
(b) Urban, upper class life.
(c) Farming life.
(d) Becoming a business owner.

5. Specifically, what do the people who gather to remember Jack recall about him?
(a) His looks.
(b) His idiosyncrasies and sayings.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Andy gets ready to leave, what does Margaret Feltner say to him?

2. How does Andy characterize the woods and streams in Port William?

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

4. Where did Ruth die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mat observe and realize after the preacher concludes his prayer during Jack's funeral?

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

3. What was Clara's life like after college?

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

5. What kind of funeral does Mat know Jack wanted to have?

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

7. How did Jack first meet Rose McInnis?

8. What happened between Jack and Rose following Jack's decision that he made after the accident on the flooded road?

9. What was the result of Jack's plans for Glad and Clara to take over the farm?

10. What does Andy do before he leaves Port William to go to college?

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