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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tristan complete the mission?
(a) With much difficulty.
(b) With some difficulty.
(c) Without too much difficulty.
(d) Barely.

2. Tristan and Susannah marry before Samuel's funeral against whose wishes?
(a) Her mother's wishes.
(b) His father's wishes.
(c) His mother's wishes.
(d) His own wishes.

3. When Ludlow finally goes downstairs to dinner, what depresses him?
(a) The sight of the servants having nothing to do.
(b) The sight of the empty dining room.
(c) Being alone.
(d) The sight of his wife sitting alone.

4. What poet does Isabel invite for dinner?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) John Ashbery.
(c) Amy Lowell.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

5. What does Tristan do to the officer?
(a) He tries to strangle him.
(b) He shoots him.
(c) He beats him nearly to death.
(d) He yells at him.

6. Tristan buys whiskey to take home and sell to whom?
(a) His family.
(b) Other sailors.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Other ranchers.

7. Where does Nordstrom want to be?
(a) On vacation with Sonia.
(b) With Laura again.
(c) Sitting on a beach chair staring at the ocean.
(d) Cooking in a restaurant by the ocean.

8. Alfred secretly loves Susannah. When he comes to visit, how does Susannah react to him?
(a) She falls in love with him.
(b) She ignores him.
(c) She hardly notices him.
(d) She flirts with him.

9. Sonia asks Nordstrom to visit her where?
(a) In China.
(b) In Australia.
(c) In Italy.
(d) In France.

10. What does the company plan for Nordstrom's leaving?
(a) A concert.
(b) A dance.
(c) A dinner.
(d) A party.

11. Their father's Cheyenne friend, ____________, guides the brothers through the Montana wilderness.
(a) Sitting Bull.
(b) One Heart.
(c) Crazy Horse.
(d) One Stab.

12. What does Susannah get Tristan to do?
(a) Apologize to her.
(b) Make love to her.
(c) Leave her.
(d) Kiss her.

13. What does Nordstrom do when Berto comes in?
(a) He stabs him.
(b) He grabs Berto and throws him out the window.
(c) He hides.
(d) He shoots him.

14. Who are the three brothers?
(a) Albert, Tyler, and Seth.
(b) Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel.
(c) Aaron, Timothy, and Stephen.
(d) Allan, Turner, and Steven.

15. He walks home the next morning and is upset by seeing what?
(a) An old black man in a puddle of vomit and a diseased tree.
(b) No one on the street.
(c) Trash all over the road.
(d) Homeless people sleeping in a tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Sarah is in the bathroom, what does Nordstrom do?

2. Sarah offers him a line of cocaine, but what does Nordstrom want?

3. What does Nordstrom think about what Phillip says?

4. What does Tristan do after he rushes to find Samuel?

5. Where does Tristan take a leave?

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