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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack behave toward his father and his uncles while working?
(a) He is angry and yelling.
(b) He is funny and entertaining.
(c) He is bored and disinterested.
(d) He is quiet and aloof.

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

3. What sight does Jack see when he remembers his brother's death?
(a) The brake on the tractor.
(b) The cultipacker stalling when it hits his brother.
(c) The cultipacker rolling over his brother's body.
(d) The evening sky.

4. Where on the farm does Jack work with his uncles?
(a) In the back forty with the cultipacker.
(b) In the fields with the tractors.
(c) In the silo shoveling grain.
(d) In the dairy barn with the cows.

5. What do the men talk about while they are at the feed store?
(a) Feed and grain.
(b) Jack and the accident.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Democrats and the weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Jack's chores after the accident?

2. On what does Jack concentrate in order to regain his composure after his painful thoughts?

3. While riding on the tractor, what things does Jack say about himself to himself?

4. When does Jack feel almost happy and content?

5. What does Jack do to try and block out the raging in his head?

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