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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 44 – 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Jonas living in Chapter Twenty-six?
(a) New York.
(b) Houston.
(c) Austin.
(d) Berlin.

2. Where does Peter’s wife go after their sons leave for the war in Chapter Twenty-four?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Dallas.
(c) Houston.
(d) New York.

3. What is Hank doing when he is killed in Chapter Forty-four?
(a) Flying home.
(b) Boarding a train.
(c) Drilling oil.
(d) Bird hunting.

4. Who was the U.S. President when the U.S. entered World War I?
(a) Woodrow Wilson.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Grover Cleveland.
(d) Teddy Roosevelt.

5. Who does Peter claim “has stopped tending his crops and is instead driving around on his tractor, charging ten dollars (a week’s wages) to pull stuck trucks out of bogholes in the drilling fields” in Chapter Forty-five?
(a) Grover Deshields.
(b) Bill Hollis.
(c) Pedro Garcia.
(d) Niles Gilbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Peter describe as renting out his pig stall for eighty dollars a week in Chapter Forty-five?

2. About how long has Eli been a captive of the Indians in Chapter Thirteen?

3. Who is the sole secretary that Jeanne does not fire in Chapter Forty-seven?

4. What is the date of Peter’s first diary entry in Chapter Twelve?

5. What is the date of Peter’s first journal entry in Chapter Forty-eight?

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