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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 was the relationship between Jack and Glad?

2. Why does Mat have an unusual amount of energy on the day people come to pay their respects to Jack?

3. Why has Jack's lawyer been away from the country?

4. When does the accident occur that changes Jack's feelings about Rose?

5. What does Mat realize the Pettit's want?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Mat annoyed with the preacher during Jack's funeral?

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

6. How did the townspeople feel about Rose McInnis and her husband?

7. What was Jack's relationship with Glad like?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on Jack's wishes for Bible readings at his funeral. Mat seems to know what kind of funeral service Jack would have wanted. Although Jack wanted a simple service, Mat mentioned that Jack would have wanted the Psalms from the Bible read during this funeral. Does this surprise you, considering the fact that Jack never really paid attention during church? Why would Jack have wanted a religious funeral when religion did not play a part of his life other than something he did on Sunday mornings? Was a religious service something that the Port Williams people just did because it was the culture at the time, or did Jack really believe in the religion?

Essay Topic 3

The Memory of Old Jack is a novel of historical fiction. Write an essay that explains what makes this novel historical fiction as opposed to simply fiction. Include a summary of the historical events and issues that this novel addresses.

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