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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best description of Nanny and Sammy during Mother's efforts in the aftermath of the arrival at the farm?
(a) They begrudingly do as she instructs.
(b) They refuse to do as she instructes.
(c) They do as she instructs without questioning.
(d) They do as they are told but question Mother about it.

2. After some bantering between Mother and Father, what occurs?
(a) Mother demands that Father come talk to her.
(b) Father goes into the house and eats some pie.
(c) Father talks to Mother right away.
(d) Father walks away.

3. Once the children leave the house, what does Mother do?
(a) She helps the men dig in the field.
(b) She makes more pies.
(c) She goes back to town.
(d) She asks to speak to Father for a minute.

4. What reason does Mother give Father for needing improvements on the farm?
(a) Nanny needs a new home in which to get married.
(b) Sammy needs a new home in which to get married.
(c) They need a new home so they can have more children.
(d) They need a new barn so they can have more animals and make more money.

5. What is the promise that Mother reminds Father he made to her?
(a) To build her a second barn.
(b) To have more children.
(c) To build a house before their first year of marriage was over.
(d) To build a house sometime during the first ten years of their marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Mother reacts to the arrival at the farm, who is watching her?

2. By 5:00 on the night of the arrival at the farm, what is the best description of the old house?

3. On what day does Mother receive her visit?

4. How is the harness room described by 6:00 that night?

5. Describe the harness room of the new barn as it is in Section 4.

(see the answer key)

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