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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Irwin convince Jack to go while in Mexico?
(a) A parade.
(b) A poetry reading.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The college.

2. What does Jack want to "own" before he leaves Washington?
(a) A forest.
(b) A fire.
(c) The wind.
(d) His soul.

3. What is Jack's job at the beginning of the book?
(a) Author.
(b) Miner.
(c) Forest ranger.
(d) Fire lookout.

4. What does the shock of lightning remind Jack of?
(a) His father.
(b) Writing.
(c) An escape.
(d) Evelyn.

5. What is the only book that Jack has to read while he is in Washington?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The God That Failed.
(c) My God, My Country.
(d) God is in all Things.

6. What keeps the blond kid from playing football?
(a) An ulcer.
(b) A dislocated shoulder.
(c) A knee injury.
(d) Bad grades.

7. What is Fred's main duty?
(a) To de-brief all fire rangers.
(b) To monitor campfires.
(c) To work the ferry.
(d) To issue hunting licenses.

8. What does Jack call the place where all humanity is born and shall return to?
(a) Heaven's Womb.
(b) Eternal Splendor.
(c) Golden Eternity.
(d) Celestial Kingdom.

9. What is the first big purchase Jack plans to make with his season's worth of paychecks?
(a) New shoes.
(b) A pillow.
(c) New backpack.
(d) A big dinner.

10. What is the name of the woman Jack might have married at one point?
(a) Melanie.
(b) Maggie.
(c) Maisy.
(d) Mary.

11. When he wakes up one morning at the cabin, what does Jack think may not be a wise thing for him to do?
(a) Try and remember his dreams.
(b) Stay in Washington until the end of the season.
(c) Write down his true feelings.
(d) Take up drinking again.

12. What is the name of the girl who approaches Jack in the Cellar?
(a) Gia.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Gretta.
(d) Gina.

13. How does Jack decide to go to San Francisco after a sleepless night on Skid Row?
(a) A bus.
(b) Hitchhike.
(c) Take a boat.
(d) Walk.

14. What sight makes Jack excited and eager to believe?
(a) The rooftops of Frisco.
(b) The Oakland Bay Bridge.
(c) The fog covering San Francisco.
(d) The ocean.

15. What does Jack plan to take to San Francisco with him according to his poem about going there?
(a) His books and some cigarettes.
(b) An idea and some gumption.
(c) The clothes on his back and a dream in his heart.
(d) A sleeping bag and a bottle of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Levesque's occupation?

2. What does Jack like to invent?

3. What does Jack say he should have done more of while on Desolation Peak?

4. What does Jack do on Sunday mornings while he is working in Washington?

5. What does Jack's aunt make for dinner every Sunday night when he is a child?

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