Train Dreams Quiz

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The action of Chapter 5 includes the second example of Grainier unexpectedly connecting with someone who has been seriously injured. What was the first one, and how are the two events connected in another way? (from Chapter 5)

Haley: both encounters result in Grainier becoming aware that nothing is ever as simple as appearances might seem.

Gladys: both encounters result in Grainier feeling like he has been blessed.

"The Chinaman": both encounters result in Grainier feeling like he has been cursed.

Haley: both encounters result in Grainier believing that there is no good in the world.

Why does the manager of the camp in Chapter 2 think that the work-site is cursed? (from Chapter 2)

Because of the deaths and illness that have disrupted the work and the life of the camp.

Because he has run out of trees to cut and sees no reason to keep the men employed.

Because he was best friends with Arn Peoples and is too grief stricken at his death to keep working.

Because he engages in corrupt business practices, and he is about to get caught.

What does Haley ask Grainier to put water into so he (Haley) can have a drink? (from Chapter 3)

An old shoe.

A rusty tin can.

His hands.

A leaky tin cup.

In Chapter 7, narration refers to Grainier seeing a cabin "he’d never remembered before, the places of his hidden childhood, a vast golden wheat field, heat shimmering above a road, arms encircling him, and a woman’s voice crooning, and all the mysteries of this life were answered.” Given what the narrative has indicated about Grainier and his life so far, what do you think is the answer to those mysteries? (from Chapter 7)

Love.

Land ownership.

Rebirth.

Parenthood.

What else is unique about the dog described by Peterson, aside from the fact that it apparently shot its owner? (from Chapter 5)

It is part of a pack of animals that attacks humans.

It is part of a pack of animals raised by a wild human.

It is part of a pack of animals all fathered by a wolf.

It is part of a pack of wild animals that Peterson has tamed.