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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is George's response to Phil in college when Phil tells him it was embarrassing meeting with the dean and having to explain why your brother is not doing well in school?
(a) I hated college, Phil.
(b) I'm sorry, Phil.
(c) Get over it, Phil.
(d) I did the best I could, Phil.

2. What does Phil think when he learns that George has been talking to Mrs. Gordon?
(a) George is finally going to be happy.
(b) He will lose his best friend.
(c) Life as he knew it might soon be over.
(d) Life is going to get much more exciting.

3. How does Phil find the entertainment of the men who put explosive devices in the anuses of young magpies?
(a) Hilarious and amusing.
(b) Horrifying.
(c) Idiotic and childish.
(d) Both funny and disturbing.

4. When Phil and George’s parents moved to Salt Lake City, what is Phil slightly concerned would not happen?
(a) He and George would not be able to cover the mortgage of the ranch.
(b) George getting married.
(c) George taking over winding the clock.
(d) His parents would never come to visit.

5. What does Rose admit to George about her feelings for him?
(a) She has quickly fallen head over heels for him.
(b) She is not sure if she could love another man, as she loved her husband.
(c) She has never loved anyone and does not believe she ever will.
(d) She has loved him since the first time she saw him.

6. Who are Johnny’s patients?
(a) The majority of the townspeople of Beech.
(b) Wealthy ranchers.
(c) His family and close friends.
(d) The local poor.

7. To what does the narrator compare the taunting of Peter by classmates?
(a) The forceful removal of the Native Americans to the reservations.
(b) Phil's behavior towards George.
(c) The inspection of potential purchasers of slaves.
(d) The pecking to death of chickens that are maimed or odd.

8. How does Chapter II begin?
(a) The narrator describes the winds that blow through the town of Beech.
(b) The narrator describes Phil and his brother, George.
(c) The narrator describes the Gordon family.
(d) The narrator describes the wild west in which the story takes place.

9. How does Rose respond when she learns she will be playing the piano for the governor and his wife?
(a) She cannot believe her luck.
(b) She secretly panics.
(c) She is excited.
(d) She is a bit nervous.

10. What does it mean to Johnny to be kind?
(a) To never say an unkind word to or about anyone.
(b) To try to remove obstacles in the way of those who love or need you.
(c) To help others when they ask.
(d) To always turn the other cheek.

11. What reason does Phil give when George is not asked to pledge a fraternity?
(a) The fraternities are all full.
(b) Phil believes it is George’s fault.
(c) The fraternity probably forgot to stop by.
(d) Phil believes it is his fault.

12. Why does George matter-a-factly reprimand Phil at the end of Chapter III?
(a) He should have not allowed the cowhands to return to the saloon.
(b) He should not have concerned himself with the other guests at the Red Mill.
(c) He should have paid the bill as soon as the meal had ended.
(d) He should not have spoken the way he did about the boy, as it had made the woman cry.

13. How does Alma die?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Leukemia.

14. How does Phil feel when he learns that George has married Rose?
(a) He is in shock.
(b) He is not surprised.
(c) He is concerned.
(d) He is happy.

15. How does Rose react when Peter asks her if she is happy?
(a) She talks around the question.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She says she is very happy.
(d) She tells him about Phil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Old Lady pleased by Rose?

2. What is a reason given for why Johnny drinks?

3. Why does Phil initially not take George’s behavior towards Mrs. Gordon too seriously?

4. Where do Johnny and Rose first meet?

5. How does Rose see that she is fortunate regarding the two men to which she has been married?

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