View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Death of the Old Man through Chapter 19, Kansas to Missouri.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lorraine call Will, at the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Henry is in jail.
(b) Joe has not come home from lumbering.
(c) Joe is in jail.
(d) Will's son is injured.

2. What does Henry remember about working with Joe?
(a) The sun on his stubble.
(b) Being afraid of doing something wrong.
(c) The smell of his shirt.
(d) Not being able to see him through the crops.

3. Who helps Will dig Joe's grave?
(a) Van Hoss.
(b) Henry.
(c) Bill Gatlin.
(d) Old Dan.

4. What does Joe die of?
(a) Dehydration.
(b) Gangrene.
(c) Internal bleeding.
(d) Organ failure.

5. Where are Henry and Myra arriving, in the scene Henry remembers, in Chapter 10?
(a) Their home away from home.
(b) The cabin where they were visiting.
(c) Their new home.
(d) Their temporary home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joe feel about Will joining the military?

2. What does Joe ask Will for when Will finds him?

3. What does Henry stop for, in Chapter 5?

4. What does Will find when he returns from the war?

5. What happened to Henry the summer when he was 15?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 222 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample