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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. What does Will say when he sees Henry on the tracks?
(a) He yells at him about his faults.
(b) That they don't want to see him again.
(c) He gives him some money for the road.
(d) That no one told him to leave.

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

3. What does Henry almost say to James Killoran when Killoran confronts him?
(a) Everything's going to be alright.
(b) You're fired.
(c) Just kill yourself.
(d) I quit.

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

5. What augury does Henry find in the hotel, in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Something about cats and water.
(b) Something about death and transformation.
(c) Something about the river and time.
(d) Something about help from the hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Myra ask Henry to do for her?

2. What does Henry ask Claire to do after the concert?

3. Who is Grace?

4. What was Henry swerving to avoid when he causes the accident?

5. What does Grace tell Henry she thinks of him when she calls him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Joe's funeral.

2. Why does Henry return to New York?

3. What does Henry remember of his father at the funeral?

4. What does Henry dream in the postlude?

5. What are Henry's thoughts when he arrives in St. Louis?

6. What is the importance of Dodge City for Henry?

7. Describe Joe's death.

8. Describe Henry's visit to Denver to see Claire.

9. Describe Henry's interview with Gibbs Pratt.

10. Describe Solstice's death.

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