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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 happens right before Jack decides to leave the store?
(a) Sees an old girlfriend.
(b) Trips over the leg of the chair.
(c) Forgets to pay for the items he bought.
(d) Has a brief interchange with Burley Coulter.

2. How does Mat describe his relationship with Jack?
(a) Jack has not been a good friend to Mat.
(b) Jack has always been there for Mat when he needed him.
(c) Jack and Mat have always been competitive with one another.
(d) Jack and Mat were inseperable for a time.

3. When did Jack's father die?
(a) Just days after Jack's mother died.
(b) Approximately two years after jacks mother died.
(c) Many years after Jack's mother died.
(d) One year to the day after Jacks mother died.

4. How did Jack meet his wife?
(a) He noticed her during church.
(b) He met her at the town store.
(c) She was at the market where he sold the farm produce.
(d) She was a friend of the family.

5. What invitation does Mat extend to Jack once in the store?
(a) Buy a piece of his land to add to the farm.
(b) Eat dinner with his family.
(c) Move in with he and Margaret.
(d) Become his partner in business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visited Jack the day after he brought the mules home?

2. What physical gesture does Mat make toward Jack once in the store?

3. After Mat extends his invitation to Jack, what does Jack do?

4. At the very start of the novel, to what is Jack listening?

5. About how many years ago did the events of the memory occur?

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