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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Dillon and Arthur Lee do after the dam bursts?
(a) They call the radio station.
(b) They alert the sheriff.
(c) They alert people in town.
(d) They call the EPA.

2. Dillon tells Jackie about a job opening for a/an __________________ back home.
(a) newspaper editor.
(b) nurse.
(c) librarian.
(d) social worker.

3. What does the company in #134 plan to do in Homeplace?
(a) Reduce wages.
(b) Close the mines.
(c) Sell the mines.
(d) Strip mine the area.

4. In what subject does Jackie earn a degree?
(a) Journalism.
(b) Biology.
(c) Law.
(d) Art History.

5. In what town does Jackie buy a house?
(a) Wheeling.
(b) Felco.
(c) Fargo.
(d) Minton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the organization run by the man in #101?

2. What does Dillon do every year on the anniversary of the day he and Rachel first made love?

3. Tom and Jackie make love before he goes to _________________.

4. Why does the person in #151 advise Jackie to leave the area?

5. Who supervises the moving of the family graves in order to save them before they are dug up?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poignancy of Dillon being present for Rachel's death in the hospital.

2. How does Dillon exhibit his loyalty both in his personal and professional life?

3. How does Tom's behavior show that he is still conflicted about being a priest in spite of the bishop's absolution?

4. Why do the family graves need to be moved after the American Coal Company obtains rights to Homeplace?

5. What impact can Dillon see that the strike will have on the way of life he has known?

6. What does Jackie study in college and what job does she take in Washington?

7. Why is Dillon driven to tell Jackie that he is her father?

8. What open job does Dillon tell Jackie about and what does he promise to do if she takes it?

9. What are Dillon's emotional reasons for telling Jackie that he is her father?

10. How does Dillon show his devotion to Rachel at her funeral?

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