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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 is Alma's husband's name?
(a) Steve.
(b) Bill.
(c) Paul.
(d) Chuck.

2. Who does Alma marry after divorcing Ennis?
(a) The owner of the local diner.
(b) The foreman at the power company.
(c) The Riverton postmaster.
(d) The Riverton grocer.

3. What does Alma find when Ennis returned from the trip with Jack when she wrote him a note?
(a) The note was still attached to the line.
(b) He had condoms in his bag.
(c) Pictures of Jack in the motel room.
(d) He never even took his fishing line.

4. What is one of the reasons Ennis says it is not as easy for him to take time off of work?
(a) He has to pay child support.
(b) His boss would fire him.
(c) Their trips are expensive.
(d) His rent is outrageous.

5. What does Ennis call Jack after their embrace at his house in Riverton?
(a) You old dog.
(b) Little darlin.
(c) My man.
(d) Sweetheart.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack tell Ennis about Lureen's family?

2. What does Jack tell Ennis he did when Ennis told Jack the only thing they can do it meet up in the middle of nowhere every so often?

3. What does Jack tell Ennis he did for work a bit in the four years since they have seen each other?

4. Where does the woman Ennis has been seeing in Signal work?

5. What does Alma call Jack when she tells Ennis she knows what the two of them have been up to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ennis have to skip their planned trip for August 1983 and how does Jack feel?

2. While at the Motel Siesta, what does Jack suggest he and Ennis do about their situation?

3. How does Ennis react when Alma tells him she is going to yell for her husband after he grabs her wrist when discussing Jack at Thanksgiving?

4. What does Jack tell Ennis about the affair he was having with a married woman during their trip in May 1983?

5. How do Jack and Ennis greet each other when Jack first arrives at Ennis's house after not seeing each other for four years?

6. What does Alma tell Ennis before referring to Jack as "Jack Nasty" (270)?

7. How old is their oldest daughter when Alma divorces Ennis and who does she marry?

8. Where does Ennis tell Alma he and Jack are going the night Jack came to visit?

9. What does Ennis do with Alma, her husband, and the girls the first few years after their divorce?

10. What does Jack tell Ennis about his wife and family when he comes to visit Ennis in Riverton?

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