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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Will find work after returning from the war?
(a) Lumbering.
(b) Driving trucks for the lumber company.
(c) Building roads.
(d) Mining.

2. How is Solstice looking, at the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Bad.
(c) Refreshed.
(d) Almost dead.

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

4. Where does Claire go when she leaves Denver?
(a) Rhode Island.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Connecticut.

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

6. What does Will throw into Joe's grave?
(a) Joe's chainsaw.
(b) Joe's hand radio.
(c) Joe's pipe.
(d) Joe's pocketknife.

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

8. What does Henry plan to do when he meets Claire?
(a) Take her for a drive.
(b) Take her for a picnic.
(c) Abduct her.
(d) Take her to the theatre.

9. Where does Claire go to college?
(a) Smith College.
(b) Wesleyan College.
(c) University of California.
(d) Reed College.

10. What is Henry afraid of bringing to Will?
(a) His memories.
(b) His troubles.
(c) His stories.
(d) His dog.

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

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

13. Who is Grace?
(a) Claire's understudy.
(b) Claire's mother.
(c) Henry's mistress.
(d) Claire's friend.

14. What was Henry swerving to avoid when he causes the accident?
(a) A cow.
(b) A dog.
(c) A car.
(d) A man.

15. How long is Henry determined to work for?
(a) As little as possible.
(b) The rest of a long life.
(c) Six months a year.
(d) Three days a week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Henry and Will discuss when they walk along the fence, in Chapter 22?

2. What does Grace think of Henry?

3. How does Henry arrive into Illinois?

4. What does Will's house have?

5. What does Henry's interviewer say about the accident?

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