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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry get a job?
(a) The gas station.
(b) The Department of Education.
(c) The highway department.
(d) The nuclear plant.

2. How does Henry respond when he was called back to work from a smoke break?
(a) He goes back guiltily as soon as he is called.
(b) He doesn't always go back.
(c) He goes back resentfully.
(d) He goes back at his leisure.

3. What does Henry's committee say about his thesis?
(a) He will have to make revisions.
(b) He is finished.
(c) He is being charged with plagiarism.
(d) He no longer has a future as a professor.

4. What does Henry tell Myra about the fact that amenities are missing in the building?
(a) He wants the experience of living among poor people.
(b) It is the start of their life of voluntary simplicity.
(c) There are no other places available at the time.
(d) They can't afford anything nicer than this.

5. What does Joe warn Henry not to do?
(a) Steal coal.
(b) Shoot rabbits.
(c) Ride the train.
(d) Disobey his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Henry discover when he calls work, in Chapter 3?

2. What does Henry do when he wakes up after Elaine leaves him?

3. What is Blacklick?

4. What response does Henry get when he calls Melanie?

5. What does Henry's mother see in Henry's personality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Henry think about cooking, and Elaine's cooking in particular?

2. Describe Henry's relationship with his brother Will.

3. How would you characterize Henry Lightcap's relationships with women?

4. What does Henry find when he gets to the bank?

5. What happens in the prelude?

6. Describe Henry's house in El Culito.

7. Why doesn't Henry qualify as a marksman?

8. Describe Henry's visit with Bildad.

9. What does Van Hoss tell Henry about Bildad?

10. Describe Henry's dinner with Van Hoss.

(see the answer keys)

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