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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Jack meet his wife?

3. What is the reason for the support of some of the people regarding Andy's plans?

4. What is a horse breaker?

5. What occurs at the end of Jack memory at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How would Jack feel after his nights off?

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

5. How did Jack end up getting to know the person he noticed during church, and what was their future relationship?

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

7. What was Jack's relationship with Ben Feltner?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Of note in the novel is the emphasis that the author places on the slow death of the agrarian society in America post World War II. Write an essay that summarizes how Berry showed that agrarian society was dying out and being replaced by modern society. Give examples from the novel that show how Berry could have possibility felt about the issue as he wrote the novel.

Essay Topic 2

When Mat tells Mattie the rabbit hunter story, the moral of the story is that people should be content with what they have in life and not strive to acquire more. Is that moral the moral of Jack's life? Was Jack truly content with what he had? Did Jack escape the temptation to strive for more in all areas of his life? Was Jack's contentment with life always a good thing in all aspects of his life? Write an essay that analyzes Mat's impression of Jack's contentment with life.

Essay Topic 3

Human beings all leave a legacy when they die, whether it is bad or good. Write an essay that describes the legacy Jack left. To whom was his legacy? Was it a lasting legacy? Was it a worthwhile legacy?

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