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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What musical instrument is in the living room?
(a) A cello.
(b) A French horn.
(c) A harp.
(d) A piano.

2. What is Jack referring to when he says "it was what life ought to be, what he'd once believed it was."?
(a) Life on the farm was a struggle, and now things seeem better.
(b) Life on the farm was good and simple before he killed his brother.
(c) Life should be easy and he does not know why it is not easy now.
(d) Life should be lived to the fullest, now he is stuck on a farm.

3. What about his surroundings does Jack become aware of while eating his lunch?
(a) It is a breezeless, insect-ridden heat.
(b) There are clouds in the sky predicting rain.
(c) There are birds singing in the trees.
(d) The day has begun to cool down.

4. How does Jack feel when he is in the barn with the cows and other animals?
(a) He feels confused and anxious.
(b) He feels at home and almost pleasant.
(c) He feels lonely and frightened.
(d) He feels remorseful and guilty.

5. When Jack stops for lunch after driving the tractor in the fields all morning, where does he sit?
(a) In the shade of an elm away from the others.
(b) Under the overhang on the barn.
(c) In the shade of an oak tree.
(d) With his cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack say as he is united with his father?

2. What does Jack think about while preparing the cow for the milking machine later in evening after his lunch with Phoebe?

3. How does Jack's mother comfort him and his sibling?

4. At the time of the harvest, how long has Jack's father been gone?

5. For what is Dale Hawthorne well-known in his town?

(see the answer key)

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