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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once the bantering between Mother and Father is over, what does Mother ask?
(a) Why Father is building another barn.
(b) Why Father is buying another horse.
(c) Why Father is building another cemetery.
(d) Why Father is building another house.

2. In Section 2, what happens when Father returns to the house?
(a) The family fights.
(b) Sammy helps to build a house.
(c) The family eats.
(d) Mother helps to build a barn.

3. How does the author describe Mother in the scene following the arrival at the farm?
(a) As an angry and bitter New England mother.
(b) As a gracious and hard-working wife.
(c) As a sweet and genteel Southern wife.
(d) As a simple and pious New England mother.

4. Describe the harness room of the new barn as it is in Section 4.
(a) It is a hay mow.
(b) It is still the harness room.
(c) It is a bedroom.
(d) It is the new kitchen.

5. At first, how does Sammy respond to Mother's second question?
(a) By answering her.
(b) By storming out of the house.
(c) By yelling at her.
(d) By ignoring her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father respond to Mother's two questions following the bantering scene?

2. When Mother is talking to Father about their house, what is it that she cannot comprehend?

3. Where do Mother and her visitor talk?

4. What does Mother ask Sammy when she goes back into the house after learning the reason for the digging?

5. Where are the women of the town discussing this piece of information that they know following the arrival at the Penn farml?

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