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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of Betty's friends say to her about Jack?
(a) "My, what long blond hair he has!"
(b) "My, what big hands he has!"
(c) "This is your son, Betty?"
(d) "He has gotten so tall!"

2. What recitation of his father's does Jack recall as he suffers his anger and grief?
(a) Silas Marner's monologue.
(b) Brutus' soliloquy.
(c) Cicero's final speech.
(d) Mark Antony's condemnation.

3. How old is the youngest child at the time of the accident?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. When does Jack feel almost happy and content?
(a) When riding and singing on the tractor.
(b) When visiting at the dinner table with his family
(c) When asleep in his bed.
(d) When walking in the sunrise to bring in the herd.

5. In the opening of the story, who dies in April?
(a) Daniel Hawthorne.
(b) Dale Hawthorne.
(c) John Hawthorne.
(d) David Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack react to his father's exposing his family's writings?

2. What does Jack say to his father while he stands in the living room door?

3. What is one of the story themes Jack uses again and again?

4. How does Jack feel about his father now that Dale has been gone for three weeks?

5. What does Jack's aunt say to him while he is standing in the doorway?

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