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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. As Jack walks along after leaving the store, he recalls being a man of what age?

2. After his time off from working, how would Jack feel?

3. What is Mat's response to Margaret's suggestion regarding Jack?

4. Who is Nancy?

5. What physical gesture does Mat make toward Jack once in the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Jack went into the room right after Ruth gave birth to their son?

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

3. What memory does Jack have about a day in church when he noticed someone new?

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

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

6. What is Jack's relationship with Nancy?

7. What is the summary of Mat Feltner's conversation with with his wife about Jack coming to live with them?

8. How would Jack feel after his nights off?

9. When Mat finds Jack at Jasper Lathrope's store, what is the extent of the conversation Mat has with Jack?

10. What is Jack's relationship with Ben?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that compares Jack and Andy. What do the two characters represent? How do their parallel stories prove the point of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

One of Jack's memories is of Will Wells, a black man hired by Jack to help work on Jack's expanded farm. It bothers Jack that Will will always be working to help further Jack's economic status and never for his own farm. This is a result of the times. Black men, though not slaves anymore, did not typically have the means to purchase their own land. Write an essay that addresses race as an issue in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the title of the novel, The Memory of Old Jack. After finishing the novel, the title of it seems to have more than one meaning. Explain the significance of the title and why the author would have chosen it for the novel.

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