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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three, Ruth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lightning Berlew's wife's name?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Smoothbore.

2. What does Mat's wife, Margaret, suggest to Mat regarding Jack?
(a) His daughter should move in with Jack.
(b) Jack should move in with them.
(c) Jack should move in with his daughter.
(d) Mat and Margaret should move in with Jack.

3. What does Mat find when he returns home from the Berlew's house?
(a) Nancy is on the porch with Jack.
(b) Jack is no longer on the porch.
(c) Jack is still on the porch.
(d) Margaret is on the porch with Jack.

4. As Jack walks along after leaving the store, he recalls being a man of what age?
(a) 18.
(b) 28.
(c) 5.
(d) 22.

5. When his memory at the beginning of the book is over, where does Jack go?
(a) Nancy's house.
(b) Ben Felter's store.
(c) Inside his house.
(d) Jasper Lathrope's store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is easy for Jack to remember?

2. In Jack's memory of the mules, how old is Mat?

3. What role did Ben play in Jack's life?

4. What is the reason for Mat's feelings toward Lightning Berlew?

5. Why did Jack work tirelessly on the farm?

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