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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mother hands something to Father just before he leaves the farm. What is it?
(a) A packed lunch.
(b) A pat on the shoulder.
(c) A kiss.
(d) Enough food to last four days.

2. How does Father respond to Mother's two questions following the bantering scene?
(a) He says that they need more livestock.
(b) He storms away.
(c) He refuses to answer the questions.
(d) He says he will do whatever he pleases.

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

4. What does Mother do when she sees the arrival at the farm?
(a) Stays inside and refuses to give directions.
(b) Tells Sammy to deal with the hay.
(c) Runs outside and shows them where the new barn is.
(d) Runs outside and directs the hay to be put in the old barn.

5. Which of the following makes "The Revolt of 'Mother'" atypical of the author's usual writing style?
(a) Social convention is heralded.
(b) Social convention is upheld.
(c) Social convention is defied.
(d) Social convention is scoffed at.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sammy do after Mother asks him her question?

2. Which of the following is the best description of the protagonist?

3. Where do Mother and her visitor talk?

4. After Father goes back into the field to work following their discussion about the state of the house and barn, what does Mother do?

5. What is Father's plan for the new construction?

(see the answer key)

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