The River: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 27:

1.

What is surprising about the meal prepared by Brent and JD? (from Chapter Eighteen )

It is even smaller than the meals Jack, Wynn, and Maia have been eating.

It is large and complete, with meat, potatoes, vegetables, and gravy.

It is frozen, and has not thawed.

It is entirely vegetarian.

2.

Why is it significant that the narrative portrays Shane as speaking to Jack on the day of the funeral? (from Chapter Twenty-Two)

After the death of Jack's mother, Jack had said he did not want to talk to his father at all.

It was Jack's mother's last wish that Shane make peace with Jack.

Earlier in the narrative, Shane had been described as refusing to talk to Jack at all in the aftermath of the death of Jack's mother.

Earlier in the narrative, Shane had been described as falling almost completely silent in the aftermath of the death of Jack's mother.

3.

What happened to the character identified throughout the text as "the man?" (from Chapter Twenty-Two)

Jack finds his canoe, but does not find his body.

Jack finds him dead, shot in the head.

Jack finds him dead, with a bullet hole in his chest.

Jack shoots him in the chest and kills him.

4.

What seems to be the main reasons that Jack kills the caribou? (from Chapters Fourteen and Fifteen)

It seems to have no mother, and is likely to have a lot of meat on its bones.

It seems to have no mother, and is not likely to survive.

He wants to keep it from warning Pierre with its cries, and it will feed him, Wynn, and Maia.

It is not likely to survive, and he wants to make Wynn angry.

5.

What is significant about Dartmouth College? (from Chapters Two, Three, and Four)

It is the place where Jack's parents met.

It is the place where Jack's mother died.

It is the place where Jack and Wynn met.

It is the place where Jack goes to school; Wynn goes to Yale.

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