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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Jack do to escape his domestic misery?
(a) Sold his land piece by piece to anyone who would buy it.
(b) Threw himself into his work.
(c) Talked to his wife to try to work things out.
(d) Talked to his friends about how miserable he was.

3. Which phrase best describes the beginning of Jack's marriage to his wife?
(a) Flawed from the start.
(b) Match made in heaven.
(c) Founded on love.
(d) Founded on respect.

4. What is significant about Jasper Lathrope's store?
(a) A famous murder occured there.
(b) It used to be owned by Jack's father.
(c) They sell state of the art tractors.
(d) It serves as a social center for Port Williams.

5. What does everyone talk about during the group dinner?
(a) Hannah's marital woes.
(b) Jack's memories.
(c) How everyone has been and what everyone is doing.
(d) The fight between Jack and Will.

6. What role did Ben play in Jack's life?
(a) Ben was a bad influence in Jack's life.
(b) Ben acted as life a brother to Jack.
(c) Ben acted as a substitute father for Jack.
(d) Ben taught Jack all he needed to know about farming.

7. What makes some people skeptical about Andy's future plans?
(a) They think that going to the city will make him lose his common sense.
(b) They don't think he should abandon his parents.
(c) They think that he has a responsibility to stay and tend to the land.
(d) They think college is a waste of time.

8. As Jack reflects following his time at the store, what does he think will haunt him for the rest of his life?
(a) An old girlfriend.
(b) Regret.
(c) A bad heart.
(d) Anxiety.

9. What does Jack sense as most of the people leave the dinner?
(a) The dread in the air.
(b) It is going to rain.
(c) His daughter is going to give him a lecture.
(d) That he is going to die soon.

10. Where is the Berlew's new house?
(a) Port Williams.
(b) Clevland.
(c) Cincinnati.
(d) Kentucky.

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

12. After Will leaves, who does Jack hire?
(a) Mat.
(b) Sim.
(c) A man who remains unnamed by the author.
(d) No one.

13. What is Jack's state of mind when Mat arrives at the store?
(a) Jack is talking to his daughter in the store.
(b) Jack is lost in his thoughts.
(c) A man Mat has never seen before is speaking with Jack.
(d) Jack is lecturing a group of men about farming.

14. As he rests and recalls his stillborn son, what does Jack remember hoping about that event?
(a) That the doctor could cure the baby.
(b) That it would improve his marital relationship.
(c) That the baby wasn't really dead.
(d) That they would have more children.

15. What is a horse breaker?
(a) A rancher who can separate a large group of wild horses.
(b) Someone who teaches people to saddle horses.
(c) A veterinary specialist who kills horses that are dying.
(d) A person who trains a horse and makes it fit for whatever kind of work it is supposed to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Jack walks along after leaving the store, he recalls being a man of what age?

2. As the novel opens, what is Jack's age?

3. How did Ruth feel about Jack doing all of the dirty tasks around the farm?

4. What does Jack do after the dinner in Chapter 5?

5. What ended up drawing Ruth and Jack closer to one another?

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