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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Claire agree to meet Henry?
(a) Stump Creek.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Glenwood Springs.
(d) New York.

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

6. What does Henry find work doing, at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) Writing.
(b) Highway department foreman.
(c) Logging.
(d) Park ranger.

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

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

9. What does Henry take while driving through Kansas?
(a) A strong drink.
(b) A pain pill.
(c) A hit from a joint.
(d) A shot of morphine.

10. How long does Henry work as a forest ranger?
(a) Two summers.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Fifteen years.
(d) Five years.

11. Where does Henry find work after New York?
(a) A park.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) Montana.
(d) Albuquerque.

12. Where does Henry plan to stop on his way to his job?
(a) Albany.
(b) Stump Creek.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) The Canadian River.

13. Where does Henry go after the funeral?
(a) To New York.
(b) Back to the West.
(c) To Myra.
(d) He stayed on the farm.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry remember about working with Joe?

2. How does Henry feel about the job Bat Lanahan found for him?

3. Where does Myra go to when she leaves Henry?

4. When is Henry let go from his job?

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

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