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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the preacher talk about at Joe's funeral?
(a) Joe's lack of faith.
(b) Joe's good character.
(c) Joe's infidelities.
(d) Joe's debts.

2. What does Will despise when he returns home?
(a) The strip malls.
(b) The coal strip.
(c) The clear-cuttings.
(d) The roads.

3. What does Henry say is still the same as when he was a boy?
(a) The sounds of the farm.
(b) The young generation.
(c) The need to escape.
(d) The desire to drink and raise hell.

4. Where is Henry's pain in the present?
(a) His back.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His legs.
(d) His head.

5. Where does Will find Joe?
(a) In a bar.
(b) Crushed under a tree.
(c) In a ditch.
(d) In a small cell.

6. What does Henry ask Claire to do after the concert?
(a) Move in with him.
(b) Marry him.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Make love with him.

7. What does Henry's interviewer say about the accident?
(a) Henry's story was logical enough.
(b) That he'll take the damages out of Henry's pay.
(c) Henry lost the job already.
(d) That this happens all the time.

8. Where does Henry stop, at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Canyon.
(b) Amarillo.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Hannibal.

9. Who does Henry think about when he arrives in St. Louis?
(a) General Custer.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Lewis and Clark.
(d) Mark Twain.

10. What does Henry think might break down before the truck does?
(a) Himself.
(b) Solstice.
(c) Civilization.
(d) The road.

11. Where does Bat Lanahan find Henry a job?
(a) The Welfare Department.
(b) The Department of Public Works.
(c) The Education Department.
(d) The Highway Department.

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

13. How old is Claire when she meets Henry?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

14. What draws Will's attention to Joe?
(a) A sapsucker.
(b) A woodpecker.
(c) A mourning dove.
(d) A crow.

15. Why does Claire say she cannot have a relationship with Henry?
(a) She is religious.
(b) He is too violent.
(c) She is too young.
(d) He is drinking too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lorraine call Will, at the beginning of Chapter 14?

2. Who is James Killoran?

3. Where does Henry have his interview?

4. How does Henry arrive into Illinois?

5. Where does Henry go after the funeral?

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